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Locality

Description:

 Name                            Null?    Type
 ------------------------------- -------- ----
 LOCALITY_ID                     NOT NULL NUMBER
 NAMED_PLACE_ID                           NUMBER
 LOCALITY_NAME                            VARCHAR2(50)
Primary Key:
Locality_ID
Foreign Key:
Named_Place_ID

The Locality is the specific place where a collecting event occurred. There is a Locality_ID field in the Collecting_Event table to relate the two.

The Named_Place_ID leads to the geographical name portion of the database via the Named_Place table. The Locality_Name and the Place_Name in the Named_Place table may be identical, but not necessarily (for example, my backyard --a locality name-- in Columbus, Ohio --a place name).

The same value of Locality_ID serves as the primary key for the Geometric_Locality table.


Last updated: 20 November, 1997 by nfj.