VegBank

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<vegPlotPackage>

  <project>

    <mtl>Only the projectName came through.  Other fields contained data in project, but came thru as nulls.</mtl>

    <projectName>Gregarious Ferns of B.C. - TEST UPLOAD</projectName>

    <projectDescription>null</projectDescription>

    <startDate>null</startDate>

    <stopDate>null</stopDate>

    <plot>

      <mtl>The following fields should have contained data in this doc, but did not:

locationNarrative

azimuth

dsgPoly

layoutNarative

elevationAccuracy

      </mtl>

      <plotId>11</plotId>

      <plotAccessionNumber>VB.Fern-1.11.mikelee@email.unc.edu.20020903</plotAccessionNumber>

      <authorPlotCode>Fern-1</authorPlotCode>

      <latitude>49.99749</latitude>

      <longitude>-123.00169</longitude>

      <authorE>null</authorE>

      <authorN>null</authorN>

      <authorZone>10</authorZone>

      <authorDatum/>

      <authorLocation>Garibaldi Provincial Park</authorLocation>

      <locationNarrative>

        <mtl>Failed</mtl>

      </locationNarrative>

      <confidentialityStatus>5</confidentialityStatus>

      <confidentialityReason>test data</confidentialityReason>

      <azimuth/>

      <dsgPoly/>

      <shape>Diffuse</shape>

      <area>41</area>

      <standSize>extensive</standSize>

      <placementMethod/>

      <permanence>false</permanence>

      <layoutNarative/>

      <elevation>1145</elevation>

      <elevationAccuracy>null</elevationAccuracy>

      <slopeAspect>13.2 </slopeAspect>

      <slopeGradient>12</slopeGradient>

      <topoPosition>High slope (shoulder slope, upper slope, convex cr</topoPosition>

      <landform>aluvial fan</landform>

      <geology>Slope a Modified Deposits: Solifluction, landslide</geology>

      <soilTaxon/>

      <soilTaxonSource>null</soilTaxonSource>

      <notesPublic/>

      <notesMgt/>

      <revisions/>

      <state>BC</state>

      <country>USA<mtl>No, Canada!</mtl>

      </country>

      <observation>

        <mtl>The following fields should have had values in obs, but did not:

dateAccuracy

stemSizeLimit

methodNarrative

coverDispersion

originalData

effortLevel

plotValidationLevel

floristicQuality

landscapeNarrative

phenologicalAspect

hydrologicRegime

soilDrainage

waterDepth

fieldHt

nonvascularHt

submergedHt

treeCover

shrubCover

fieldCover

nonvascularCover

growthform1type

growthform2type

growthform3type

growthform1cover

growthform2cover

growthform3cover

      </mtl>

        <authorObsCode>2002-09-03 00:00:00-07<mtl>I had different AuthorObsCode in my XML</mtl>

        </authorObsCode>

        <obsStartDate>2002-09-03 00:00:00-07</obsStartDate>

        <obsEndDate>2002-09-04 00:00:00-07</obsEndDate>

        <dateAccuracy/>

        <observationSequence>VB.11.20020909113910-07</observationSequence>

        <sampleMethodId/>

        <coverMethodId/>

        <stratumMethodId/>

        <stemSizeLimit/>

        <methodNarrative/>

        <taxonObservationArea>0<mtl>no, 4.55</mtl>

        </taxonObservationArea>

        <coverDispersion/>

        <autotaxonCover>true<mtl>no, false</mtl>

        </autotaxonCover>

        <stemObservationArea>0<mtl>no, 85</mtl>

        </stemObservationArea>

        <stemSampleMethod/>

        <originalData/>

        <effortLevel/>

        <plotValidationLevel/>

        <floristicQuality/>

        <bryophyteQuality>Moderate but incomplete</bryophyteQuality>

        <lichenQuality>Low</lichenQuality>

        <observationNarrative>good study, excellent work done</observationNarrative>

        <landscapeNarrative/>

        <homogeneity>compositional trend across plot</homogeneity>

        <phenologicalAspect>null</phenologicalAspect>

        <representativeness>vegetation differences from similar sites in area owing to chance dispersal to insular habitats.</representativeness>

        <basalArea>95.12</basalArea>

        <hydrologicRegime>null</hydrologicRegime>

        <soilMoistureRegime>Xeric</soilMoistureRegime>

        <soilDrainage>null</soilDrainage>

        <waterSalinity>Brackish (0.5-30 ppt)</waterSalinity>

        <waterDepth/>

        <shoreDistance>0<mtl>no, 17</mtl>

        </shoreDistance>

        <soilDepth>null</soilDepth>

        <organicDepth>77</organicDepth>

        <percentBedrock>122</percentBedrock>

        <percentRockGravel>13</percentRockGravel>

        <percentWood>14</percentWood>

        <percentLitter>15</percentLitter>

        <percentBareSoil>16</percentBareSoil>

        <percentWater>17</percentWater>

        <percentOther>188</percentOther>

        <nameOther>nineteen</nameOther>

        <standMaturity>Mature, even-age</standMaturity>

        <successionalStatus>25% there</successionalStatus>

        <treeHt>85</treeHt>

        <shrubHt>35</shrubHt>

        <fieldHt/>

        <nonvascularHt/>

        <submergedHt/>

        <treeCover/>

        <shrubCover/>

        <fieldCover/>

        <nonvascularCover/>

        <floatingCover>3</floatingCover>

        <submergedCover>1</submergedCover>

        <dominantStratum>Nonvascular</dominantStratum>

        <growthform1type>null</growthform1type>

        <growthform2type>null</growthform2type>

        <growthform3type>null</growthform3type>

        <growthform1cover>null</growthform1cover>

        <growthform2cover>null</growthform2cover>

        <growthform3cover>null</growthform3cover>

        <notesPublic>false</notesPublic>

        <notesMgt>false</notesMgt>

        <revisions>false</revisions>

        <communityClassification>

          <mtl>I am curious how the database assigns community References for these communities submitted in this manner:</mtl>

          <className>fern-plant community</className>

          <classCode>null<mtl>IR67</mtl>

          </classCode>

          <classStartDate/>

          <classStopDate/>

          <classInspection/>

          <classInspection/>

          <tableAnalysis/>

          <multivariateAnalysis/>

          <expertSystem/>

          <classNotes>

            <mtl>lacks value</mtl>

          </classNotes>

          <classPublication/>

        </communityClassification>

        <stratum>

          <stratumName>E</stratumName>

          <stratumHeight>12</stratumHeight>

          <stratumBase>25</stratumBase>

          <stratumCover>12</stratumCover>

        </stratum>

        <stratum>

          <stratumName>hrb</stratumName>

          <stratumHeight>1</stratumHeight>

          <stratumBase>0.5</stratumBase>

          <stratumCover>25</stratumCover>

        </stratum>

        <stratum>

          <stratumName>Other</stratumName>

          <stratumHeight>85</stratumHeight>

          <stratumBase>0</stratumBase>

          <stratumCover>17</stratumCover>

        </stratum>

        <stratum>

          <stratumName>shb</stratumName>

          <stratumHeight>8</stratumHeight>

          <stratumBase>13</stratumBase>

          <stratumCover>4</stratumCover>

        </stratum>

        <stratum>

          <stratumName>T53.10</stratumName>

          <stratumHeight>14</stratumHeight>

          <stratumBase>12</stratumBase>

          <stratumCover>6</stratumCover>

        </stratum>

        <taxonObservation>

          <mtl>TaxonCover is always null here, should have values.  Also, no stratumCompositions appear here, but should.  Also curious how the XML plug-in assigns plant References to form concepts, since none were supplied in my XML upload.</mtl>

          <authorNameId>Abies concolor (Gord. and Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>ABCO</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

        <taxonObservation>

          <authorNameId>Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. var. arizonica (Merriam) Lemmon</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>ABLAA</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

        <taxonObservation>

          <authorNameId>Asteraceae</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>Asteraceae</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

        <taxonObservation>

          <authorNameId>Bidens L.</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>BIDEN</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

        <taxonObservation>

          <authorNameId>Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>BOCU</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

        <taxonObservation>

          <authorNameId>Mammillaria Haw.</authorNameId>

          <authorCodeId>MAMMI</authorCodeId>

          <taxonCover/>

        </taxonObservation>

      </observation>

    </plot>

  </project>

</vegPlotPackage>