Help:MstConcept

The mstConcept form allows users to quickly create or edit Marine Species Traits pages.

A concept can by any trait which is connected to other traits in an hierarchical manner. To create a new marine species concept type "Traits:" followed by the name of the concept. When typing in the name of an existing concept the autocomplete will list existing pages.

Creating or editing a concept

Text fields

3 text fields are available to store text:

Label	Contains the preferred English label of the Trait. The content for in this field is also used to create the URI in www.marinspecies.org The content in this field should be plain text and can not contain any markup.
Definition	The definition of the trait. The content in this field should be plain text and can not contain any markup.
Input text	Can contain additional text you would would like to have shown on the page of the trait. It will not be included in any output forms. The content in this field can contain any commonly used wiki markup.

Relations

3 different relations can be created between the traits.

has value	A top down relation between 2 different concepts or a collection and a concept
is trait of	A bottom up relation between 2 different concepts or a concept and a collection. Each concept should have at least 1 "is trait of" relation
collection	A one way relation between a concept and its collection. Each concept should have one collection linked to it