BDQ Test Index by Use Case (non-normative)

This document is non-normative and part of the BDQ Tests Quick Reference Guide.

bdquc:Alien-Species

A bdqffdq:UseCase that involves the identification and analysis of whether the occurrence of a taxon is native to a location or not, how it got there and to what extent the taxon has become a permanent feature of the location in order to improve the management and reduce the spread of alien species.

Fitness Requirements: Data are fit for this use when occurrence records can be reliably interpreted for alien-species management: the organism identity, observation status, and establishment context are present and standard.

Organism identity is usable: Taxon/scientific name terms (e.g., dwc:scientificName, related dwc:Taxon terms, and identifiers where provided) are present, resolvable to a taxonomic authority, and consistent.
Establishment context is usable: Terms defining the invasion status (dwc:establishmentMeans, dwc:degreeOfEstablishment, dwc:pathway) are present when relevant, valid and standard.
Observation Status is present in valid form to reliably distinguish between presence and absence records; dwc:occurrenceStatus is present, valid and standardizable.
Metadata context (dwc:basisOfRecord and dc:type) is present, valid, and standard so record meaning is consistent in downstream use.

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DCTYPE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DCTYPE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_STATEPROVINCE_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENT_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_STARTDAYOFYEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DEGREEOFESTABLISHMENT_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_PATHWAY_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SEX_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_TYPESTATUS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_CLASSIFICATION_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_CLASS_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_GENUS_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAMEAUTHORSHIP_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAMEID_COMPLETE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAMEID_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_TAXON_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_TAXON_UNAMBIGUOUS Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_ANNOTATION_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_DCTYPE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_DEGREEOFESTABLISHMENT_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_OCCURRENCESTATUS_ASSUMEDDEFAULT Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_OCCURRENCESTATUS_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_PATHWAY_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_SEX_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_TYPESTATUS_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_SCIENTIFICNAME_FROM_SCIENTIFICNAMEID Quick Reference Guide Term List

bdquc:SDM-Trees

A bdqffdq:UseCase for improving the quality of, and selecting dwc:Occurrence records suitable for predicting the spatial distribution of tree species. This Use Case filters for occurrence records that meet criteria for a known species at a known location and date. Records can be further filtered to meet the requirements of the predictive modeling of specific tree species distributions (e.g., Eucalypts) using high-precision occurrence data and environmental variables to evaluate modeling methodologies and refine expert distribution envelopes.

Fitness Requirements: Data are fit for the use case bdquc:Species-Distribution-Modeling-Trees when records have valid:

dwc:scientificName identified to species level.
dwc:basisOfRecord = "Occurrence".
dwc:occurrenceStatus = "present".
dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude.
dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters less than 500.
dwc:dataGeneralizations = bdqval:empty.
dwc:year or dwc:eventDate within provided temporal limits.

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_LICENSE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_LICENSE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATEUNCERTAINTY_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_DATAGENERALIZATIONS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_LICENSE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENTDATE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENT_FROM_EVENTDATE Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_SCIENTIFICNAME_FROM_SCIENTIFICNAMEID Quick Reference Guide Term List

bdquc:Spatial-Temporal_Patterns

A bdqffdq:UseCase that pertains to dwc:Occurrence data where the Information Elements concerning what dwc:Organism occurred when at what location are used for analysies such as of taxon distributions across space and time to quantify biodiversity patterns, identify range shifts, or modeling of ecological niches.

Fitness Requirements: Data are fit for the Use Case bdquc:Spatial-Temporal_Patterns when occurrence records can be reliably interpreted as organism occurrences in space and time: the organism identity is usable, the location is usable (with adequate precision and metadata), textual geography data is consistent with the coordinates, the event date is usable and internally consistent, and any generalization (spatial or temporal) is detectable so users can decide whether the record is fit at the intended analysis scale.

Organism identity is usable: Taxon and scientific name terms (e.g., dwc:scientificName and related taxon terms) are present and sufficiently resolvable and consistent to support analyses of spatio-temporal patterns of organisms.
Location is usable and interpretable (including precision and metadata): Coordinates are present, are in-range, and are accompanied by adequate spatial metadata (e.g., uncertainty and spatial reference such as datum); obvious artifact coordinates (e.g., zeros) are detectable.
Textual geography is coherent with coordinates: Textual geography fields (e.g., dwc:countryCode, dwc:country, dwc:stateProvince) are valid and standardizable and consistent with the coordinates.
Date is usable and internally consistent: dwc:eventDate is present, valid, in standard form and consistent with other temporal terms (e.g. dwc:year) terms when those are provided. Generalization and low precision are detectable: Any indication that the record has been generalized (via dwc:dataGeneralizations) is available along with coordinate uncertainty, broad and interval event dates, and taxonomic rank so that users can judge whether records are fit for the intended spatial and temporal resolution.

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DCTYPE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DCTYPE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATESCOUNTRYCODE_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATESSTATEPROVINCE_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATESTERRESTRIALMARINE_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATES_NOTZERO Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COORDINATEUNCERTAINTY_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRYCODE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRYCODE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRYCOUNTRYCODE_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRYSTATEPROVINCE_UNAMBIGUOUS Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRY_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_COUNTRY_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLATITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_GEODETICDATUM_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_GEODETICDATUM_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_LOCATION_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MAXDEPTH_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MAXELEVATION_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MINDEPTH_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MINDEPTH_LESSTHAN_MAXDEPTH Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MINELEVATION_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MINELEVATION_LESSTHAN_MAXELEVATION Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_STATEPROVINCE_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DAY_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DAY_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_ENDDAYOFYEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTDATE_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_EVENTTEMPORAL_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_MONTH_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_STARTDAYOFYEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_YEAR_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DATEIDENTIFIED_INRANGE Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_DATEIDENTIFIED_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCEID_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_OCCURRENCESTATUS_STANDARD Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAME_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_TAXON_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_TAXON_UNAMBIGUOUS Quick Reference Guide Term List

MEASURE_AMENDMENTS_PROPOSED Quick Reference Guide Term List

MEASURE_VALIDATIONTESTS_COMPLIANT Quick Reference Guide Term List

MEASURE_VALIDATIONTESTS_NOTCOMPLIANT Quick Reference Guide Term List

MEASURE_VALIDATIONTESTS_PREREQUISITESNOTMET Quick Reference Guide Term List

MEASURE_EVENTDATE_DURATIONINSECONDS Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_DATAGENERALIZATIONS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_COORDINATES_CENTEROFCOUNTRY Quick Reference Guide Term List

ISSUE_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_BASISOFRECORD_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_DCTYPE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_COORDINATES_FROM_VERBATIM Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_COORDINATES_TRANSPOSED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_COUNTRYCODE_FROM_COORDINATES Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_COUNTRYCODE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_GEODETICDATUM_ASSUMEDDEFAULT Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_GEODETICDATUM_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_MINDEPTHMAXDEPTH_FROM_VERBATIM Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_MINELEVATIONMAXELEVATION_FROM_VERBATIM Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_DAY_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENTDATE_FROM_VERBATIM Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENTDATE_FROM_YEARMONTHDAY Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENTDATE_FROM_YEARSTARTDAYOFYEARENDDAYOFYEAR Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENTDATE_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_EVENT_FROM_EVENTDATE Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_MONTH_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_DATEIDENTIFIED_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_ESTABLISHMENTMEANS_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_OCCURRENCESTATUS_ASSUMEDDEFAULT Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_OCCURRENCESTATUS_STANDARDIZED Quick Reference Guide Term List

AMENDMENT_SCIENTIFICNAME_FROM_SCIENTIFICNAMEID Quick Reference Guide Term List

bdquc:Taxon-Management

A bdqffdq:UseCase that involves the nomenclatural audit, taxonomic verification, and systematic organization of taxon names and associated metadata to ensure identification stability and compliance with global taxonomic standards.

Fitness Requirements: Data are fit for this use when when taxonomic information is sufficient to unambiguously determine which taxon is being referenced and to position it within a nomenclatural hierarchy. Taxon terms are sufficient to resolve an organism they may be applied to (or flag ambiguity), core name and rank terms (e.g., dwc:scientificName, dwc:taxonRank) are present and align with an appropriate bdqval:sourceAuthority, name strings are consistent with atomized name fields and identifiers or authorship.

Taxon can be resolved: Taxon terms are present and sufficient to support unambiguous resolution (dwc:scientificName, dwc:scientificNameAuthorship, dwc:scientificNameID).
Names and ranks are authoritative: dwc:scientificName and required rank and classification terms are present, standardizable, and consistent with the bdqval:sourceAuthority.
Name fields are consistent: dwc:scientificName agrees with atomized name fields; authorship is provided where needed.
Identifiers are usable: Identifiers (e.g., dwc:scientificNameID) are present when available and correctly formed; dwc:taxonRank is present and valid.

VALIDATION_CLASSIFICATION_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_CLASS_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_FAMILY_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_GENUS_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_KINGDOM_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_KINGDOM_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_NAMEPUBLISHEDINYEAR_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_ORDER_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_PHYLUM_FOUND Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_POLYNOMIAL_CONSISTENT Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAMEAUTHORSHIP_NOTEMPTY Quick Reference Guide Term List

VALIDATION_SCIENTIFICNAMEID_COMPLETE Quick Reference Guide Term List