Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data

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Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID) is a file format developed by Australian herbaria to enable the interchange of plant specimen data.

Contents 1 HISPID 5 2 HISPID 4 3 HISPID 3 4 HISPID 2 5 HISPID 1 6 Notes and references

HISPID 5

HISPID version 5 was presented at TDWG 2007, and now represents the preferred format for HISPID files. This version is written in XML Schema as an extension of ABCD.

HISPID 4

HISPID version 4 was never formally released in print, appearing in a web-enabled database version in 2000. It was an incremental upgrade to HISPID 3. Since August 2007, HISPID 4 has been made available as an extract from the original database in wiki format.

HISPID 3

HISPID version 3 was released in 1996^[1] and follows the syntax specified in ASN.1 format. The documentation for this standard is in HTML both as a complete document and as sections, and is available from the web site of the National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust.

HISPID 2

HISPID version 2 was released in 1993^[2].

HISPID 1

HISPID version 1 was released in 1989^[3].

Notes and references

1. ↑ Conn, R.J. (ed.) (1996). HISPID3. Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data. (Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria at Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney)
2. ↑ Whalen, A. (ed.) (1993). HISPID - Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data [Version 2]. (National Herbarium of New South Wales: Sydney)
3. ↑ Croft, J.R. (ed.) (1989). HISPID - Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data [Version 1]. (Australian National Botanic Gardens: Canberra)