Table 1 Information specified about trait concepts in a selection of trait thesauri, dictionaries, ontologies and databases.
| Â | definitions | links to identical trait concepts | specifies units | specifies allowable ranges | specifies and defines allowable trait values | includes references | resolvable URIs for each trait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thesaurus, Dictionary or Ontology | |||||||
AusTraits Plant Dictionary (APD) | YES | partially | YES | YES | YES | partially | YES |
Crop Ontology (CO) | YES | partially | YES | NO | NO | partially | YES |
Plant Trait Ontology (TO) | YES | rarely | NO | NO | partially | NO | YES |
Thesaurus Of Plant Characteristics (TOP) | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | partially | partially |
Thesaurus for long term ecological research, monitoring and experiments (EnvThes) | partially | partially | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
Database | |||||||
TRY | partially | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
GIFT | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
BIEN | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
LEDA | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
BROT | YES | YES | YES | partially | YES | YES | NO |
