Diversity Collection

Taxonomic Group

The organisms and corresponding objects stored in the database are organized in taxonomic groups to facilitate the recognition in multi organism samples and to enable a specific design for the analysis where e.g. plants differ in recorded measurements from mammals. The taxonomic groups are roughly orientated on the taxonomy but are not meant to replace the taxonomy for which there are other possibilities for entry. The list of taxonomic groups visible for the creation of new entries may be restricted as described in the chapter about the customization.

To administrate the taxonomic groups, choose Administration - Taxonomic groups... from the menu. A window as shown below will open. 

To add resp. remove a taxonomic group use the resp. button. To set the superior taxonomic group use the button. With the button you can set a symbol for the taxonomic group. Please keep in mind, that this will be converted into a 16 x 16 size icon. In the lower part of the window, you can add and edit translations for display texts, abbreviations etc. for all contexts available.

If a taxonomic group has been disabled it will not appear in the lists for the user and will be displayed without an image in with grey text color in the tree (see below). After reenabling a group you have to reopen the form to see the icon for the group.

At the base of the window, the projects that are restricted to an entry are listed (see ). To administrate the projects that should restrict the available taxonomic groups, choose Administration - Enumerations - Project - Taxonomic group... from the menu. A window as shown below will open. If a project is restricted, the client settings will be ignored (see chapter Customize). 

To add resp. remove a material category for a project use the resp. button.

The non-biological taxonomic groups like soil, rock or mineral will for an identification not be linked to DiversityTaxonNames but to DiversityScientificTerms (see image below and the short tutorial ). If you add a new taxonomic group anything outside the predefined groups animal, alga, bacterium, bryophyte, fungus, gall, lichen, myxomycete, plant or virus will be regarded as non-biological. The sources for direct access using the buttons are linked to the taxonomic groups (see Settings).