Schema Name: Summary Species Report Schema Current Version Available At: http://services.natureserve.org/docs/schemas/biodiversityDataFlow/species Description: This schema structures NatureServe's core species data. This is intended to be the core schema for all of NatureServe's species report data (that is, all species XML output will contain these data). However, for historical reasons (as well as some technical feasibility issues), the Global Comprehensive Species Schema is unlikely to inherit from this schema. Therefore, this summary serves both as a "brief" version of the global Species data model, as well as the "core" of the subnational Species data model (the data on species as it pertains to a particular geographic area, particularly at the political subnational level). Developed by: NatureServe Point of Contact: services@natureserve.org Change History: No: Ver: Date: Description: Parser used to validate: 1 0.9 2006-12-20 mwoo: added header documentation 2 1.0 2007-04-06 mwoo: created 1.0 schema document 3 1.0 2007-05-30 mwoo: added national element info 4 1.0 2007-06-22 mwoo: added other common names 5 1.0 2007-12-17 Frank McLean: Removed superfluous 'use' indicators. This is the root element of the summary species report. Although it will be considered the core set of species data for any species-related XML instance document in the Biodiversity Data Flow, currently, it serves this intent only for new schemas. Notably, the globalSpeciesList does not extend this element. This is the root element that contains one or more species elements. This represents a single species. This represents a set of synonyms for the species. This represents a set of synonyms for the species.