A system for encoding bird field notes |  |
A system for encoding bird field notes | |
The sighting-notes pattern is a set of
optional child elements that can occur inside a
form or floc element:
sighting-notes = ( desc? & behavior? & voc? & breeding? &
photo* & para* )
desc = element desc { narrative }
behavior = element behavior { narrative }
voc = element voc { narrative }
breeding = element breeding { narrative }
Most of these child elements are simply containers for narrative; see Section 5.15, “The narrative elements”.
desc
Plumage and other physical descriptions: feather colors and patterns, soft part colors, shape, and other static appearance details.
behavior
Notes on behavior other than vocalization.
voc
Vocalizations.
breeding
Evidence of breeding—solid or circumstantial, attempted or successful. Courtship behavior, nest-building, eggs, young, fledging, and any other breeding behavior that implies that the locality of the sighting is the locality of breeding. Exclude sightings of young that are capable of independent locomotion.
photo
Each photo element describes
photographic evidence of the sighting. For the
structure of this element, see Section 5.13, “The photo element”.
para
For any remarks about the sighting that don't fit into the other categories.