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esites Topic 39: Data entry standards for the Dutch islands in the West Indies (Herps). [DECISION] #39

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rondlg opened this issue Nov 5, 2021 · 1 comment
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esites Topic 39: Data entry standards for the Dutch islands in the West Indies (Herps). [DECISION] #39

rondlg opened this issue Nov 5, 2021 · 1 comment
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DECISION A decision has been made and all changes made. Dept:Herps This issue was either submitted by or refers to Amphibians and Reptiles Dept:Zoology This issue was either submitted by or refers to Zoology esites This issue relates or refers to the sites module STANDARD The user group has agreed on a standard

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rondlg commented Nov 5, 2021

DISCUSSION POINTS:

The islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Sabe, Curacao and Sint Maarten have a long and recent, varied history of political association with the Netherlands. There are variations of Dutch Antilles, Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Caribbean etc. The Netherlands Antilles as a country within The Kingdom of the Netherlands was dissolved in 2010

The ABC islands are: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
The BES islands are: Bonaire; St Eustatius; Saba

These have their own ISO code
Aruba
Curaçao
Sint Maarten

These share an ISO country code
Bonaire
Sint Eustatius
Saba

Also, the island of Saint Martin is divided into 2 jurisdictions: Sint Maarten (Netherlands) and Saint Martin (France)

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DECISION STANDARD:

Waterbody hierarchy:

  • LocSeaGulf_tab = North Atlantic

Biogeography/Region (https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes)

  • LocSpecialGeographicUnit_tab = Neotropics

Cultural Region

  • CulCulturalRegion = West Indies

Political hierarchy

  • SitJurisdiction = Netherlands
  • PolContinent [LocContinent_tab] = North America

Constituent Countries

    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Aruba
    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Curaçao
    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Sint Maarten

Special Municipalities

    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Bonaire
    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Saba
    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Sint Eustatius

Political hierarchy

  • SitJurisdiction = France
  • PolContinent [LocContinent_tab] = North America

Overseas Collectivity

    • PolPD1 [LocContinent_tab] = North America
    • PolPD1 [LocCountry_tab] = Saint Martin

@rondlg rondlg added DECISION A decision has been made and all changes made. esites This issue relates or refers to the sites module STANDARD The user group has agreed on a standard Dept:Herps This issue was either submitted by or refers to Amphibians and Reptiles Dept:Zoology This issue was either submitted by or refers to Zoology labels Nov 9, 2021
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