Categories

We've attempted to categorize the data standards on this blog to make them easier to locate.  Each standard will have at least one of the following types or subject areas as tags:


Types:
  • Data Collection / Development Methods
    • Field methods (e.g., level of effort, gear, training, approach)
    • Secondary sources (e.g., interpretation, normalization)
  • Data Entry
    • Content standards
    • Quality assurance
  • Data Management
    • Standard Operating procedures
    • Quality Assurance
  • Data Delivery
    • Media type (e.g., hard-copy, electronic)
    • Quality Assurance
    • Regulated format standards (e.g., EIS, permit letters)
  • Software platforms
  • Reference/Library
Subject Areas:
  • Species Characteristics
    • Taxonomy and Identification
      • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
      • American Society of Mammalogists
      • American Ornithologists’
        Union
      • Collins and Taggart (reptiles and amphibians)
      • Stebbins (reptiles and amphibians)
      • Eschmeyer (Catalog of Fishes)
      • Lee, et al. (Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes)
      • Smith (freshwater invertebrates)
      • Thorp and Covich (freshwater invertebrates)
      • PLANTS
      • Kartesz (plants)
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
      • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
    • Natural History
    • Images
    • Sound
  • Habitats and Ecosystems
    • Classification
      • FGDC National Vegetation Classification
      • State Natural Community Classification
      • Gap Analysis Program Habitat Maps
      • USFS Ecological Sites
      • NRCS Ecological Sites
      • USFS Habitat Types
      • National Wetland Classification System
      • NatureServe Ecological Systems
      • Bailey’s Ecological Units
      • Omernick’s Ecoregions
      • TNC Ecoregions
      • WWF Ecoregions
      • Important Bird Areas
      • TNC Portfolio Sites
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
      • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
    • Locator Data
      • Watersheds
        • USGS Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) – specify number of digits
        • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
        • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
      • County & State boundaries
        • Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
        • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
        • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
  • Legal or Priority Status
    • State protected status
      • Describe
    • Federal protected status
      • U.S.
         Endangered Species Act
      • USFS Sensitive Species
      • BLM Sensitive Species
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
    • Species of conservation concern
      • NatureServe Global Rank
      • State Natural Heritage Rank
      • North American Bird Conservation Initiative
      • Partners-in-Flight
      • Audubon Watch List
      • Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
      • Bat Conservation International
      • IUCN Red List
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
      • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
    • Economic status
    • Invasiveness status (for non-native species)
      • NatureServe invasiveness ranks
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
      • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
  • Surveys and Monitoring
    • Species-specific
    • Habitat plots
    • Harvest
    • Trends
    • Spatial (GIS/GPS)
      • Documented species distributions
        • NatureServe Element Occurrence Standard
        • Gap Analysis Program wildlife distributions
      • Predicted species distributions
        • GARP
        • DOMAIN
        • BIOCLIM
      • Habitat mapping
      • Other National-level Standard (Specify)
      • Regional or State-level Standard (Specify)
  • Protected / Managed Areas
  • Threats / Impacts
    • Classification
    • Urgency
    • Spatial (GIS/GPS) (e.g., urban areas, dams, pollution sources)
    • Air quality
    • Chemicals
  • Administrative
    • Law Enforcement
    • Licenses (hunting/fishing)
    • Contacts
    • Funding
    • Projects
  • Metadata
    • Datasets
      • EML
      • NBII
      • FGDC
    • Websites
    • Images
    • Publications
    • Crosswalk Formats
    • Other



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