Data Entry Assistant (DEA) Help

Introduction

This section contains information on preparing occurrence data for entry into the xBio:D database using a web application named Data Entry Assistant (DEA) 2.0. Although this document was created for use in the previous version of DEA, many of the procedures and terminology remains the same. This guide includes instructions for formatting specimen records as well as references to facilitate taxonomic name recognition, locality georeferencing, etc.

General Help

• Data Transcription Procedures
• Data Entry Template Information
• Data Entry Assistant (DEA) 2.0 Procedures
• Locality Georeferencing and Generation
• xBio:D Controlled Vocabularies

References

• Taxonomic Name / Identification Recognition Reference
• Taxonomic Resources / Catalogs
• Geographic Resources / Gazetteers
• State / Province Codes for Countries

Resources

• Specimen Data Template: File:Data Entry Template 31-Oct-2014.xls
• Pub-Cited Unvouchered Specimen Data Template: File:Data Entry Unv Template 04-Nov-2011.xls
• Pre-formatted Data Entry Template: File:DEA data entry template-full 31-Oct-2014.xls
• Specimen Data Database Lookup: File:CUID Lookup 2018.xlsm
• Political Divisions of Countries: Statoids