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Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

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valanginian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Valanginian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
valley
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000100
A depression caused by erosion by water or ice. Low-lying land bordered by higher ground; especially elongate, relatively large gently sloping depressions of the Earth's surface, commonly situated between two mountains or between ranges of hills or mountains, and often containing a stream with an outlet.
valley glacier
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000458
A glacier that forms in a mountain valley.
variable
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54166
Marked by diversity or difference; liable to or capable of change.
vaterite
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52241
vegetated area
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001305
vegetation type
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18358548
natural habitat type, classified according to vegetation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetation_classification
vegetative plant height
http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Plant_height_vegetative
the plant height considering the highest vegetative component
vegetative spread rate
http://eol.org/schema/terms/VegetativeSpreadRate
The rate at which this plant can spread compared to other species with the same growth habit.
USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
vehicle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000604
veneer
http://eol.org/schema/terms/veneer
thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 mm (1/8 inch),[1] that typically are glued onto core panels (typically, wood, particle board or medium-density fiberboard) to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of furniture. They are also used in marquetry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_veneer
verbatim coordinate system
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinateSystem
The coordinate format for the verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude or the verbatimCoordinates of the Location.
verbatim coordinates
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinates
verbatim original spatial coordinates of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem.
verbatim event date
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimEventDate
The verbatim original representation of the date and time information for an Event.
verbatim latitude
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLatitude
The verbatim original latitude of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem.
verbatim longitude
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLongitude
The verbatim original longitude of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem.
version
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Version
version or edition of a published document or resource.
vertisol
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002254
A soil in which there is a high content of expansive clay known as montmorillonite that forms deep cracks in drier seasons or years. Alternate shrinking and swelling causes self-mulching, where the soil material consistently mixes itself, causing vertisols to have an extremely deep A horizon and no B horizon.
vertivore
http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore
carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates
very large
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/258262008
A qualitative descriptor of a size that is considerably more than typical
very long-persistent
http://eol.org/schema/terms/veryLongPersistentSeedBank
Of seed bank longevity. Seed bank longevity is at least >= 30 yr.
http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
very small
http://dicom.nema.org/resources/ontology/DCM/112132
A qualitative descriptor of a size that is considerably less than typical.
vestigial eyes
https://eol.org/schema/terms/vestigial_eyes
eyes that have lost some or all of their ancestral function in this lineage
vineyard
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000116
A place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins or table grapes.
visean age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Visean
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
visit
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
visit flowers of
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
visual system
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
vitamins
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33229
Any micronutrient that is an organic compound. The term "vitamines" (from vita + amines) was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk, who believed that these compounds were amines.
vivarium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00010622
volcanic
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000094
A feature associated with a volcano, an opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from deep below the surface.
volcanic arc
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000351
A chain of volcanic islands or mountains formed by plate tectonics as an oceanic tectonic plate subducts under another tectonic plate and produces magma.
volcanic cone
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000398
Built by fragments (called ejecta) thrown up (ejected) from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater.
volcanic crater
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000246
A crater formed by a volcano, within which occurs a vent (or vents) from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta.
volcanic field
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000354
A region of the earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity.
volcanic rock
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002015
An igneous rock that results from magma reaching the surface either as lava or fragmental ejecta.
volcanic soil
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005785
volcano
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000247
An opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from deep below the surface.
voltinism
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q946680
number of generations or broods of an organism per year
volume
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001710
voucher id
http://eol.org/schema/terms/VoucherID
The best available identifier for locating this voucher specimen.
vulnerable
http://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable
A taxon is Vulnerable when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable, and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
vulnerable
https://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable_NS
At moderate risk of extirpation in the jurisdiction due to a fairly restricted range, relatively few populations or occurrences, recent and widespread declines, threats, or other factors.
http://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/conservation-status-assessment