CoF schema

GENERA [CAS_GEN] [int] -- Unique identifying number. [GEN_NAME] [nvarchar] (25) -- Genus or subgenus name. [SUBGEN] [nvarchar] (25) -- If Gen_name is a subgenus, then this is the genus . [AUTH] [nvarchar] (75) -- Author - person who described the genus/subgenus. [QUALIFICATION] [nvarchar] (65) -- Author of publication in which the description appears if not the same as genus author. [YR] [nvarchar] (5) -- Year of description publication. [DESPP] [nvarchar] (17) -- Page numbers on which description appears. [LineageID] [int] -- Link to Lineage table. [PP] [nvarchar] (4) -- Ignore. [CAS_REF_NO] [int] -- Link to Referenc table. [GEND] [nvarchar] (1) -- Gender. [DONE] [nvarchar] (1) -- Once used to track data entry status; no longer used. [TYP_SP] [nvarchar] (43) -- Type species of the genus-level name. [AUT_TYP_SP] [nvarchar] (60) -- Author of the type species. [YR_TYP_SP] [nvarchar] (5) -- Year type species was described. [SEN_OB_SYN] [nvarchar] (50) -- Senior objective synonym - name which the type species is now recognized as. [HOW] [nvarchar] (3) -- Abbreviation for type_desig?. [TYPE_DESIG] [nvarchar] (80) -- Type designation. [AVAIL] [nvarchar] (1) -- Available. [NOTES] [nvarchar] (146) [STATUS] [ntext] [COMMENTS] [ntext] [STAT_CODE] [nvarchar] (9) -- Values=Valid,Synonym,Uncertain,Unknown. [STAT_CODE1] [nvarchar] (20) -- Further explanation of Stat_Code. [CURR_GEN] [nvarchar] (25) -- Ignore. Use CurrentGenusID instead. [CURR_AUTH] [nvarchar] (80) -- Ignore. Use CurrentGenusID to find linked record to find current genus author. [CURR_SUBGEN] [nvarchar] (25) -- Current subgenus that this taxon is recognized as. [CURR_AUTHYRSub] [nvarchar] (60) -- Author of current subgenus. [REMARKS] [ntext] [LIST] [nvarchar] (1) [ENTERED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATEENTERED] [smalldatetime] [CHECKED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATECHECKED] [smalldatetime] [TimeStamp] [datetime] [CurrentGenusID] [int] -- Current genus that this taxon is recognized as being, or being under if this is a subgenus. Link to Genera table.

SPECIES [CAS_SPC] [int] -- Unique identifying number. [ORIG_NAME] [nvarchar] (40) -- Original upper part of the scientific name, i.e. Genus if orig_level is species, Genus and species if orig_level is subspecies. [TAXON_NAME] [nvarchar] (25) -- Original taxon name. [ORIG_LEVEL] [nvarchar] (10) -- Values=species,subspecies,variety. [VARIETY] [nvarchar] (7) -- Further explanation of orig_level. [AUTHOR] [nvarchar] (75) -- Author of taxon. [QUALIFICATION] [nvarchar] (65) -- Author of publication in which the description appears if not the same as taxon author. [YR] [nvarchar] (8) -- Year of description publication. [JOUR_delete] [nvarchar] (7) -- Ignore. [JOUR_NAME_delete] [nvarchar] (60) -- Ignore. [CITATION] [nvarchar] (23) -- Ignore. [DESCR_PP] [nvarchar] (20) -- Page numbers on which description appears. [ILLUS] [nvarchar] (50) -- Illustrations and figures. [CAS_REF_NO] [int] -- Link to Referenc table. [DONE] [nvarchar] (1) -- ? [LineageID] [int] -- Link to Lineage table. [CURR_GENUS] [nvarchar] (40) -- Ignore. Use Curr_GenusID instead. [CURR_NAME] [nvarchar] (25) -- Current taxon which this taxon is now recognized as. [CURR_AUTH] [nvarchar] (80) -- Author and year of description of current taxon. [CURR_YR] [nvarchar] (8) -- Year of description of current taxon. [CURR_SUBSP] [nvarchar] (25) -- Current subspecies which this taxon is now recognized as. [CURR_AUTHYRSub] [nvarchar] (75) -- Author and year of publication of description of current subspecies. [AVAILABLE] [nvarchar] (1) [STAT_CODE] [nvarchar] (9) -- Values=Valid,Synonym,Uncertain,Unknown. [STAT_CODE1] [nvarchar] (20) -- Further explanation of Stat_Code. [CURRSTATUS] [ntext] [COMMENTS] [ntext] [TYPECAT] [nvarchar] (255) [PRIM_CODE] [nvarchar] (25) [PRIM_TYPE] [nvarchar] (50) [TYPE_LOCAL] [nvarchar] (255) [DISTRIBUTION] [ntext] [TYPES] [ntext] [NOTES] [nvarchar] (200) [Fresh] [bit] [Brackish] [bit] [Marine] [bit] [LIST] [nvarchar] (1) [REMARKS] [ntext] [ENTERED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATEENTERED] [smalldatetime] [CHECKED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATECHECKED] [smalldatetime] [TimeStamp] [datetime] [Curr_GenusID] [int] -- ID of genus in which this taxon is currently classified. FK to Genera table.

LINEAGES (This is a flat table and is not recursive) [LineageID] [int] -- Unique identifying number. [NAME] [nvarchar] (30) -- Taxon name. [AUTHOR_DATE] [nvarchar] (30) -- Author and date of taxon. [COMMONNAME] [nvarchar] (75) -- Common name. [INDEXNAME] [nvarchar] (70) -- keywords. [SYN] [bit] [CLASS_NM] [nvarchar] (30) -- Class. [ORD_NM] [nvarchar] (30) -- Order. [SO_NM] [nvarchar] (30) -- Suborder. [FAM_NM] [nvarchar] (30) -- Family. [SF_NM] [nvarchar] (30) -- Subfamily. [REMARKS] [ntext] [FAMILYDESCR] [ntext] -- Family description. [AUTHOR] [nvarchar] (255) -- Author of family description. [ADDRESS] [ntext] [ACKNOWLEDGE] [ntext] [ClassNum] [int] -- Class number. [OrderNum] [decimal](4, 2) -- Order number. [SuborderNum] [decimal](4, 2) -- Suborder number. [FamilyNum] [decimal](6, 2) -- Family number. [SubfamilyNum] [int] -- Subfamily number. [TimeStamp] [datetime]

REFERENC [CAS_REF_NO] [int] -- Unique identifying number. [NAME_1] [nvarchar] (25) -- First author's last name. [INIT_1] [nvarchar] (20) -- First author's first and middle initials. [NAME_2] [nvarchar] (25) -- Second author's last name. [INIT_2] [nvarchar] (20) -- Second author's first and middle initials. [ADD_AUTH] [nvarchar] (60) -- Additional authors. [YR] [nvarchar] (10) -- Year of publication. [MONTH_DAY] [nvarchar] (30) -- Month and day of publication. [TITLE] [ntext] -- Title of publication. [JOUR] [nvarchar] (7) -- Ignore. [JOUR_NAME] [nvarchar] (120) -- Ignore. [CITATION] [nvarchar] (30) -- Volume, etc. of publication. [PP] [nvarchar] (100) -- Page numbers on which publication appears. [FIGS] [nvarchar] (30) -- Figures, illustrations, and plates in publication. [CAS_CALLNUM] [nvarchar] (50) -- CAS Library call numbers. [ICH_CALLNUM] [nvarchar] (50) -- CAS-ICH Library call numbers. [ICH_REPRINT] [bit] [REMARKS1] [nvarchar] (160) [REMARKS2] [nvarchar] (255) [STATREF_GEN] [bit] [STATREF_SP] [bit] [BY] [nvarchar] (5) [DATEBY] [smalldatetime] [AVAIL] [nvarchar] (1) [ENTERED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATEENTERED] [smalldatetime] [PROOFED] [nvarchar] (5) [DATEPROOFED] [smalldatetime] [JourID] [int] -- Link to Journal table. [TimeStamp] [datetime]

JOURNAL [JourID] [int] -- Unique identifying number. [JOUR] [nvarchar] (7) -- Journal acronym. [JOUR_NAME] [nvarchar] (60) -- Abbreviated journal name. [FULL_NAME] [nvarchar] (250) -- Full journal name. [CALLNUMBER] [nvarchar] (50) [NOTES] [nvarchar] (138) [REMARKS] [nvarchar] (255) [TimeStamp] [datetime]