Preliminary Data Model 2: Sample Entity-Relationship
This is a preliminary data model with three entities: Species
which contains information that applies to a species as a whole,
Observations which refer to the observation of a given species
at a given time and location and Location which allows the data
to be searched based on latitude and longitude.
Here are some suggestions as to the Attributes that could apply to
each entity:
Species
- Description
- Taxonomic Names
- Behavior
- Typical Habitat
- Reproduction
Location
- Name of location (e.g. Hog Island)
- latitude and longitude of North West corner of bounding box
- latitude and longitude of South East corner of bounding box
- habitat(s)????
Observation
- species
- location
- time
- who observed
- quality of information
- source of information
- reproductive status
- habitat?????
- conservation status?????