animalPlaceOfContact

[José Augusto Salim]

Field	Value
GUID
Rebipp Class	rebipp:Interaction
Label	animalPlaceOfContact
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of places (i.e. body parts) of the animal body that contacts its interacting partner during an Interaction.
Comments	Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( `
Examples
Controlled vocabulary
Darwin Core Class	Event
Cardinality	One to one
Reference Protocol

[Francisco E. Fonturbel]

This needs a further revision from a specialist

[carmensspires]

As we are trying to make inferences about which floral visitors would have the potential to be pollinators, I believe that we should specify in the definition the parts of the flower that are touched.

Definition proposals:
A list (concatenated and separated) of places (i.e. body parts) of the animal body that contacts anther and stigma of its interacting partner during an Interaction.

Or

A list (concatenated and separated) of places (i.e. body parts) of the animal body that contacts anthers and stigma during an Interaction.

Or

A list (concatenated and separated) of places (i.e. body parts) of the animal body that contacts reproductive parts of the flower during an Interaction.

[José Augusto Salim]

@carmensspires I don't know if we need to include the parts of the flower in the definition.

It will restrict the usage of the term to only floral parts, opposed to allow a generic usage where the animal touches another parts of the plant (leaf, trunk, etc).

By the way, the floral parts when touched must be specified using the term plantPlaceOfContact(#31). Using the term placePlaceOfContact one can specify values as: anther or stigma.

[Mardiore]

If the intention is to record interactions (regardless of whether they result in pollination or not) I agree that it is better not to mention specific parts of the plant, such as floral structures.

[Anselmo Nogueira]

I agree with @zedomel and @Mardiore. However, if we want to at least refer to the interactions between animals and plants, we could then use something like: "A list (concatenated and separated) of places (i.e. body parts) of the animal body that contacts the plant partner during an Interaction".

[José Augusto Salim]

New definition: A list (concatenated and separated) of animal's body parts that contacts the plant

Removed partner during an Interaction since it the interaction with a plant is implicit here (Interaction class)