Traits talk:Habitat
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Sanity check, please:
This page is a good example of the hierarchy, which interests me. I think the hierarchy begins with Characters (or Traits, or The Questions) and these go a few levels down and are then succeeded by Character States (or Trait Values, or The Answers). For instance:
Habitat, Substratum -> Characters
Soft, Coarse Sediments, Sandy Gravel -> Character States
For me as a data consumer, the distinction between these two types of terms is important. To describe a categorical data record, you need one of each. For building search interfaces, it is necessary to know which terms play which role. I think the terms should be labeled, possibly using the Concept Type field.
Thoughts, anyone?
