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Term |
Description |
Listserve
Approval Date |
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Acceptance testing |
See User
acceptance testing |
20/07/04 |
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Accession |
(Acceder) El acto
de añadir un individuo o grupo a un inventario, v.g. creando un registro del
individuo o grupo en la base de datos de ZIMS. Si el individuo o grupo se
moviliza de una a otra institución, este se considerado como transferido
entre instituciones, no como una adquisición. |
05/07/04 |
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Accession date |
The date on which
a ZIMS participating institution or studbook keeper first enters or records
a specimen or group into ZIMS. This may also be the acquisition date (see
acquisition date). Subsequent moves to other institutions are called
acquisitions, and not additional accessions. |
13/09/04 |
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Accession number
(see also lifetime/global/permanent ID) |
A single, unique
identification code that will be used within ZIMS to identify each
individual or group. This identification code may or may not be shown on
screens and in reports (see also Local ID). |
13/09/04 |
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Accuracy |
(Exactitud) Estar
libre de fallas o errores: precisión. La conformidad de facto, o por algún
valor estándar reconocido y establecido. Para los propósitos del Proyecto
ZIMS, se asume que la data es exacta cuando ella se obtiene del usuario, de
otro sistema de interfase y/o alimentada por otro alimentador de datos
externo calificado; en todos los casos, la data debe haber cubierto los
criterios de exactitud establecidos en ZIMS. |
12/07/04 |
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Acquisition |
(Adquisición) El
acto de documentar un cambio tanto en la posesión física, como el la
propiedad legal y/o responsabilidad de manejo gubernamental, de un individuo
o grupo. |
12/07/04 |
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Active medical
record |
(Registro médico
activo) El registro médico que está editándose, registrándose o
actualizándose. |
12/07/04 |
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Active
problem/chief complaint |
A complaint,
clinical sign or diagnosis that has a starting point, but is not yet
resolved. |
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Activity |
(Actividad) Un
evento actual o programado asociado con un individuo, grupo, encierro o
entidad física relacionada con la colección animal. |
20/07/04 |
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Activity
scheduling (calendar) |
The system that
maintains the list of activities scheduled for a specific date and/or time
and provides notification to appropriate staff. |
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Actor |
(Actor) Representa
el papel desempeñado por una persona externa, proceso o cosa, que interactúa
con un sistema. Como ejemplos tenemos: planificador, registrador, revisor.
Un actor es un usuario, otro sistema, o cualquier cosa fuera del sistema
(ZIMS) que interactúa con éste para completar la actividad. Un actor no es
la descripción de una función dentro del trabajo. |
12/07/04 |
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Ad hoc query |
(Interrogante ad
hoc) Un requerimiento improvisado usualmente "impromptu" de información de
la base de datos. Dentro de las capacidades de la herramienta de
interrogantes ad hoc, el usuario puede determinar como se filtra la data y
el orden en el cual la data es presentada. Los edición de los resultados
puede ser presentada en forma continua en el visor del a pantalla, en una
nueva base de datos, como un conjunto de datos a ser utilizados para
análisis posteriores, o en un reporte impreso. |
12/07/04 |
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Alternative flow |
(Flujo alternativo)
Una lista de los pasos previstos a realizar bajo las posibles condiciones (otras
diferentes de la condición normal esperada) que pueden ocurrir durante una
actividad. |
14/07/04 |
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Analgesia |
Loss of sensation
to superficial or deep pain. Analgesia may be restricted to a particular
part of the body (local analgesia) |
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Anesthesia |
(Anestesia) Un
estado, químicamente inducido, en el cual se pierde la respuesta a un dolor
superficial o profundo y aparenta perdida de reacción a estímulos visuales,
olfativos, auditivos, y táctiles, o a cualquier otro estímulo que
normalmente pudiera producir una respuesta. |
05/07/04 |
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Animal management
authority |
A recognized
organization or person providing guidance or direction on issues such as
management, breeding and relocation. This may or may not be either the owner
or the holding facility. Examples might be government authorities, Taxon
Advisory Groups (TAGs), population managers or directors/curators. |
13/09/04 |
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Authority table
(domain/reference/control) |
A set of value
choices used to maintain data integrity, contains full name and reference
information, even if the lookup value is abbreviated. |
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Basic flow |
(Flujo básico) Una
lista de las acciones (pasos) previstas para alcanzar los objetivos de una
actividad bajo condiciones normales, las usualmente más esperadas. Los pasos
describen cual es la acción, no el como se realiza. |
14/07/04 |
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Binomial |
The combination of
two names, the first being a generic name and the second a specific name,
that together constitute the scientific name of a species e.g.: Haliaeetus
leucogaster Haliaeetus vocifer Haliaeetus leucoryphus |
13/09/04 |
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Biomaterial |
Sample obtained
from an animal specimen. |
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Birth |
(Nacimiento) El
evento de ser dado a luz, de nacer, para los animales vivos. La fecha a
partir de la cual la edad se calcula en los animales que dan a luz. Puede
incluir abortos, neonatos y nacimientos prematuros. Puede ser considerado
como uno de los eventos o transiciones entre las etapas de vida de estos
taxa. |
12/07/04 |
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Birth date |
The actual or
estimated date an individual or group is born in live-bearing animals. The
date from which age is calculated in live-bearing species. Note for
marsupials, this is not the date of pouch emergence, but the actual or
estimated date of emergence from the birth canal. |
13/09/04 |
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Body condition
score |
(Puntaje de
condición corporal) Describe la estimación subjetiva de la masa muscular
total y la reserva de grasa, con relación a un optimo/ideal en la escala de
1-9. BCS será un acrónimo aceptado para el puntaje de condición corporal |
21/06/04 |
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Business |
The activities
associated with running a zoo or aquarium. Business in the context of ZIMS
does not refer to commercial activities. |
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Business activity
(use case) |
(Actividad de
negocio (caso de uso)) Deeds o proceso dentro de una función de negociación.
La negociación de casos de usos será realizada a este nivel. Las actividades
de negociación deben ser discretas, separadas lógicamente produciendo un
resultado significativo de valor de negociación para los participantes. |
14/07/04 |
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Business function |
The highest level
business function e.g. functional areas or areas of responsibility. Business
functions drive the design of the use cases. |
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Business party |
A business party
is a uniquely identified institution. When animals are permanently moved, a
business transaction identifies the animal(s) and the business parties
effected. |
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Business rule |
A pre-requisite,
condition or process that must be in place or occur during an activity to
achieve expected results. |
12/07/04 |
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Business use case |
Describes the
interaction between the people, departments and organizations within the
ZIMS user community. There is no mention of technology since these use cases
are focused on business operations. The focus of the business use cases is
to highlight how the organizations that are part of the ZIMS user community
interact - currently and in future. |
09/07/04 |
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Captive management
plan |
A regional or
institutional plan for the management of a species in captivity. The plan is
normally updated on a regular (yearly) basis, and may include specimen level
recommendations for breeding-related activities, eg pairing or separation
with or from |
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Case |
Opinions,
diagnosis, procedures, treatment of an animal. |
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Census |
(Censo) Reporte
del conteo total de una colección en una fecha específica. un censo puede
ser por taxón simple, familia, orden etc., o para la colección completa. |
06/07/04 |
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Character |
A symbol that
requires a single space in an ID number or data field and is not treated as
a numeral; letters, blank spaces and graphics may all be used as characters;
usually refers to a keyboard symbol. |
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Clinical note |
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Clone |
An individual
derived by asexual reproduction from a single ancestor; one of a population
of genetically identical individuals. |
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Collection plan |
A regional or
institutional plan referring to the proposed changes to an institution’s
inventory over a given time period, eg documentation of an institution’s
current collection (inventory), its planned inventory, and details about how
it proposes to progressfrom its current inventory to its planned inventory. |
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Colony |
A community of
individuals (especially corals, social insects such as ants, bees etc.), or
a cluster or aggregation of a compound animal such as corals etc. The number
of individuals in a colony generally cannot be determined. |
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Common name flip |
Alternative ways
of searching for common names e.g. Lion, African vs. African lion. |
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Concentration |
Amount of active
agent per measurement unit (mg/ml). |
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Constraint |
(Limitantes)
Condición que afectará la iniciación o exitoso completación de un caso de
uso o actividad. Son factores limitantes que definen los límites de un caso
de uso o actividad y representan las condiciones en desarrollo, no un estado
en un punto del tiempo. |
14/07/04 |
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Construction phase |
(Fase de
Construcción) Representa la tercera fase del proceso de desarrollo del
software del Proceso Racional Unificado (RUP por sus siglas en inglés). Los
diseñadores comenzarán a adquirir e instalar el equipo de computación
(hardware) necesario, así como sistemas (software) operacionales (por
ejemplo el sistema operativo) y toda otra conectividad de la red; asimismo,
ellos desarrollarán la documentación requerida y los planes detallados
necesarios para el entrenamiento, el despliegue y el Ensayo de Aceptación
por el Usuario. |
09/07/04 |
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Contraception |
(Contracepción)
Una acción de manejo o tratamiento/procedimiento médico que previene la
reproducción. Este puede incluir tratamiento quimico o alteración quirurgica
del tracto reproductivo y puede ser temporal o permanente. La separación
física de los animales no se considera Contracepción. |
05/07/04 |
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Controlled drug |
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CT scan - Computed
Tomography imaging |
Computed
Tomography (CT) imaging, also known as "CAT scanning" (Computed Axial
Tomography), combines the use of a digital computer together with a rotating
x-ray device to create detailed cross sectional images or "slices" of the
different organs and body parts such as the lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas,
pelvis, extremities, brain, spine, and blood vessels. |
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Dam |
(Hembra
progenitora) La progenitora biológicamente hembra. Un animal puede tener
múltiples progenitoras registradas, si una sola hembra no puede ser
determinada dentro de un número limitado de posibilidades. La progenitora
puede ser silvestre o totalmente desconocida, v.g. a partir de los registros
históricos. |
15/08/04 |
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Data field |
An individual data
item in a record within a database file; a group of adjacent characters
(e.g. accession number, birth date, sex, ID numbers) all occupy a field; all
entries in a specific field convey the same type of information. |
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Data standard |
Data standards
define the structure, content, and values that collection information
comprises. Data structure concerns what constitutes a record, such as the
different fields used to record information and their relationships. |
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Data warehouse |
Generally refers
to the combination of many different databases across an entire enterprise.
Data from the production databases are copied to the data warehouse so that
queries can be performed without disturbing the performance or the stability
of the production systems. |
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Deaccession |
(Deaccession)
NOTA: No utilizar este término. individuos y grupos no son "deaccessioned"
en ZIMS |
20/07/04 |
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Deliverable |
A measurable
result or output of a process able to be provided, especially as a product
of a development process. ZIMS deliverables include document templates and
application prototypes. |
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Dispense |
To deal out in
portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions
according to directions. |
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Disposition |
(Disposición) El
acto de documentar un cambio ya sea en la posesión física, propiedad legal
y/o responsabilidad de manejo gubernamental, de un individuo o grupo. Esto
puede ser una transferencia física, transferencia de título, desaparición,
escape, etc. |
20/07/04 |
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Dosage |
Amount based on a
weight or body measure (mg/kg, g/kg). |
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Dose |
Total amount (mg,
g). |
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Drug |
Any substance used
in the composition of medicines. |
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Echocardiography |
Echocardiography
is a diagnostic test, which uses ultrasound waves to make images of the
heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures. |
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Elaboration phase |
(Fase de
Elaboración) Representa la segunda fase de la metodología de desarrollo del
software del Proceso Racional Unificado (RUP, por sus siglas en inglés).
Esta fase es importante para el RUP, debido a que en la misma los
diseñadores analizan los riesgos asociados a cambios en el alcance del
proyecto y a añadir nuevas tecnologías en el camino. |
09/07/04 |
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Electrocardiography |
The making of
graphic records of the variations in electrical potential caused by
electrical activity of the heart muscle and detected at the body surface, as
a method for studying the action of the heart muscle. |
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Enclosure |
(Encierro) Un
especio que confina físicamente uno o varios animales. Ejemplos de ello son:
tanques, aviarios, laguna; cada encierro debe tener un único código y/o
nombre/descripción asociado para propósitos de identificación. |
20/07/04 |
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Enclosure system |
The system by
which an institution organizes the enclosures within its facility. These are
often structured in hierarchical groups. |
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Endoscopy |
The visual
inspection of any cavity of the body by means of an endoscope. |
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Entity |
1) Synonym for
Entity Type or Entity Set - that is the set of all possible instances of an
object e.g. the set of all animals, set of all persons employed at an
institution, the set of all institutions. This usage is the most common but
is not strictly correct (see 2). This is the meaning in the ZIMS
documentation. In the data model diagrams it is represented by a rectangle
(with square or rounded corners). Each member of an Entity Type is
identified by a unique value in the Primary Key. 2) An instance of an entity
type e.g. a particular animal in the Animal Entity Type. Because of the
common use of definition 1) for Entity, it is safer to use Entity Instance
to refer to a particular instance. |
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Episode |
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Event |
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Exam |
This is a visual
or hands-on evaluation of an animal by a Veterinarian or Veterinary
Technician. |
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Extensible |
The ability to
easily add more functionality or incorporate new technologies. Able to be
extended or expanded. Extensible programming languages allow the programmer
to customize: to add new functions and modify the behaviour of existing
functions or data types. |
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External transfer |
An event that
changes an individual or group’s legal and/or physical status in a
collection, eg. sale, trade, purchase, loan, title transfer etc. The term
that defines a change in state of an individual, group or colony, which
alters their legal and/or physical status. A physical transaction involves
movement between collections, while a legal transaction involves a change in
legal title (or ownership) e.g.. sale, trade, loan (in or out), title
transfer, etc. |
20/07/04 |
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Extinction (of a
group) |
Set the official
count of a group to zero and prevent any further transactions for the group.
Once the number of individuals in a group has reached zero, any new
specimens of the same taxon should be considered as a new group, and
accordingly, should have a new group accession number. |
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Extraction (from a
group) |
Removal and
accession of an individual specimen from an existing group of animals. |
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Failed
post-condition |
An expected
result, condition (state at a point in time) or event after unsuccessful
completion of the activity. |
14/07/04 |
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Final diagnosis |
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First recordable
event |
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Fission |
Asexual
reproduction by a division of the cell or body into two or more parts of
roughly equal size. |
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Fledge date |
(Fecha de vuelo)
La fecha en la cual un ave alza el vuelo por primera vez, o, en el caso de
aves no voladoras y precoces, la fecha en la cual dejan el nido por primera
vez. |
30/07/04 |
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Fledgling |
A young bird which
has acquired feathers for flight. |
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Fluoroscopy |
An X-ray procedure
that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. |
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Formulary |
External reference
that details drug information, drug dosage (class related), drug
interactions, contra-indications and formulations of drug available. |
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Formulation |
The drug form
(tablet, capsule, suspension, liquid, injection) and concentration of each. |
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Founder |
(Fundador) Un
individuo (usualmente del medio silvestre), en una específica población
existente, que se considera relacionado solo con sus descendientes directos
vivos, asumiéndose completamente heterogéneo respecto a la población
correspondiente (v.g. no hay entrecruzamiento). Se asume que ninguno de los
fundadores esta relacionado uno con el otro. |
20/07/04 |
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Functional
requirement |
(Requisito
funcional) Representa la descripción de las necesidades de los usuarios (funciones
comerciales), relacionadas con la forma en que los mismos interactuarán con
el sistema (ZIMS). Los requisitos funcionales también describen las reglas
comerciales que deben aplicarse y ser reforzadas por el sistema. Un paquete
completo de requisitos funcionales documentará las necesidades totales del
sistema, lo cual puede incluir ejemplos y/o diagramas de flujo. Basado en
los requisitos comerciales, estos requisitos funcionales definen el alcance,
límites e interfaces externas. |
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Functional
standard |
Provide
documentation for standards around a process that are not related to a
specific data standard. They are not necessarily related to a specific data
standard, but may be related to multiple data standards. Functional
standards are attached to a concept, eg group management and accessioning. |
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Functionality |
The capabilities
or behaviours of a program, part of a program, or system, seen as the sum of
its features. Approximates to, "the things it can do". |
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Generic name
(drug) |
A misnomer for
nonproprietary drug name. |
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Gestation |
In mammals, the
act of retaining and nourishing the young in the uterus; pregnancy |
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Goal |
The result or
achievement toward which effort is directed. For purposes of the ZIMS
Project, a qualitative statement of direction regarding a benefit to a
stakeholder as a result of developing the system. |
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Group |
1. Two or more
individuals with a shared physical environment where management decisions
affect all individuals. A group may be classified for example by age,
gender, or social group. Individual specimens within the group may or may
not be recognizable as individuals. 2. Specimens of the same species, housed
together; these specimens are often either not individually marked or
readily distinguishable from other individuals in the group |
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Hatch |
(Eclocion) La
emergencia de un huevo delos animales oviparos. La fecha a partir de la cual
se calcula la edad en animales que ponen huevos. Puede ser considerada como
in numero de eventos o transiciones entre estados de vida ára estos taxa. |
12/07/04 |
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Herd |
A group of
animals, typically ungulates, that congregates or are housed together. |
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Hermaphrodite |
An organism with
both male and female functional reproductive organs; may or may not be
self-fertilizing. |
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History |
Complete record of
a specimen listed by date. |
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Holding
institution |
(Institución de
albergue) La institución o persona que tiene la posesión física de un
individuo o grupo. |
15/08/04 |
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Hybrid |
(Híbrido) Hijos
descendientes de dos subespecies, especies o géneros diferentes. |
15/08/04 |
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Identifier |
(Identificador)
Los medios por los cuales un individuo o grupo se diferencia de otro
individuo o grupo de la misma especie. Esto puede ser una entidad física,
v.g. caravana, banda, tatuaje, transponder, incisión (marca) de oreja, o una
descripción utilizada para asociar el individuo o grupo con la data, v.g.
identificación local, nombre familiar, número de studbook , etc. |
15/08/04 |
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Imaging |
Radiological
production of a clinical image using X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography,
magnetic resonance, radionuclide scanning, thermography, etc.; especially,
cross-sectional imaging, such as ultrasonography, CT, or MRI. |
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Immersion |
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Immobilization |
Sternal/lateral
recumbency after receiving a dose of an anesthetic drug. |
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Inception phase |
(Fase inicial (Incepción))
La primera fase de la metodología de desarrollo del software del Proceso
Racional Unificado (RUP por sus siglas en inglés). Los diseñadores revisarán
y establecerán el alcance y magnitud del trabajo, los procedimientos y
procesos a ser seguidos, las herramientas a ser usadas y la infraestructura
de manejo para el Proyecto de ZIMS. Estos aspectos se detallarán en el Plan
de Manejo del Proyecto. |
09/07/04 |
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Included use case |
A business use
case that documents additional steps during an activity. Included use cases
are used to document complex or common activities. |
20/07/04 |
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Individual |
(Individuo) Un
organismo individual, separado y reconocidamente distinguible de los otros
de la misma especie. |
15/08/04 |
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Infusion/
insertion (to a group) |
* We may need a
more appropriate term here. The process of adding an individually
accessioned specimen to an existing group of animals. During this process,
the individual may or may not loose its individual identity. |
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Institution |
*We may need
another word to define with whom we work. |
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Integrity |
For purposes of
the ZIMS Project, calculations, data entry and data manipulation are
performed correctly and consistently. |
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Inventory |
List of taxa and
the total count of each as of a certain date. It can be summarized or
detailed. (In ARKS, we generally refer to an inventory as a report detailing
the changes in the collection count over a given period of time - should we
be using a different title for this?) |
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Iteration |
1)The RUP model
for application development, used in ZIMS, employs an iterative form of
development i.e. the functionality of a system is delivered in a successive
series of releases of increasing completeness. Thus in RUP, an iteration is
a release of the application developed in a specific time period. |
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JAD |
(JAD) JAD se
aplica al Desarrollo de Aplicaciones en Conjunto. JAD es una definición
requerida y un proceso en el diseño del software del sistema, en el cual los
stakeholders, expertos en materias especificas, usuarios finales,
arquitectos y desarrolladores de sistema atienden a intensos talleres en
diferentes lugares, a fin de trabajar sobre los detalles del sistema. |
09/07/04 |
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Job title |
Names applied to
various positions within institutions (eg. Curator, veterinarian, keeper,
etc.) Example of data recorder: registrar, veterinarian, intern. |
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Legal status |
Possessing legal
ownership, physical possesion or governmental management title to an
individual or group. |
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Life stage |
(Etapa de vida)
Las mas importantes y bien definidas etapas o eventos por los que pasa un
individuo o grupo durante de su vida, desde la concepción hasta la muerte.
El nacimiento y la muerte se consideran eventos, pero no etapas de vida. |
15/08/04 |
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Lifetime/global/permanent ID (see also accession number) |
A single, unique
identification number that will be used within ZIMS to identify every
individual or group. This identification number may or may not be shown on
screens and in reports. |
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Localization |
Allows the
representation of data such as time or date, currency, time zone handling,
and data sort sequence, to be customized via the operating system, to suit
regional preferences. |
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Managed species |
A taxonomic
classification that is locally, nationally, or globally managed on a genetic
planning basis. |
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Management group |
Individuals that
may or may not be in the same physical space. Decisions are made based on
the collective group. |
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Management plan |
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Management set |
One or more
individuals, groups and/or enclosures, to which management activities can be
performed. All individuals and groups within the management set will inherit
the activities that are assigned to the completed management set. |
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Management
transaction |
Any change in
animal status. Examples: physical move internal, physical move external,
medical procedure, accession, legal ownership change. |
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Manager (of data) |
A manager is one
of the actors in ZIMS. A manager is responsible for the overall accuracy,
setup, performance and resource allocation of the application. Examples:
setting limits on the dispensation of drugs, or assigning responsibility for
a set of species or enclosures, ensuring that processes are followed, and in
the case of tasks that are late or overdue, re-assigning the work to other
qualified individuals. |
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Metabolic scaling |
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Methodology |
A body of methods,
rules, and postulates employed by a discipline: a particular procedure or
set of procedures. The basic approach providing the basis for a strong
logical and a consistent work structure for any assignment |
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Metric |
A standard of
measurement |
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Monotypic |
A taxonomic
division that has only one sub-division (e.g., a family with one genus).
Examples of monotypic species (no subspecies identified): Haliaeetus
leucogaster Haliaeetus vocifer Haliaeetus leucoryphus |
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Morphological data |
Measurements of
the forms or structures of an organism for example weights and lengths. |
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MRI- Magnetic
Resonance Imaging |
A special imaging
technique used to image internal structures of the body, particularly the
soft tissues. An MRI image is often superior to a normal X-ray image. |
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Non-functional
requirement |
Describes required
standards and capabilities that a system must implement that do not directly
relate to functions e.g. legal, language and system performance
requirements, operating environment and system security. |
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Nuclear scan |
A nuclear scan
that images the adrenal glands after a radioactive tracer is injected into
the bloodstream. |
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Objective |
For purposes of
the ZIMS Project, a quantitatively measurable indicator of progress related
to a goal. |
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Oviparous |
Egg laying;
unfertilized or fertilized eggs are released by the female; embryonic
development and hatching take place outside the maternal body. |
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Ovoviviparous |
Producing living
young from eggs that hatch within the body, eg some fish and reptiles. |
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Owner |
The institution or
person which has legal title to the physical animal. |
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Parthenogenesis |
Process in which
an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and
some other arthropods. |
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Parturition |
In viviparous
animals, the act of bringing forth young (see also Birth). |
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Pedigree |
A register or
record of a direct line of ancestors and/or descendants. |
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Performer |
A performer is one
of the actors in ZIMS. Responsible for carrying out various actions or
activities. Examples of institutional job descriptions that might be
performers are: curator, keeper, veterinarian etc. |
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Pharmacy |
A place where
drugs are stored, compounded, and dispensed. |
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Photographic
images |
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Physical animal |
The actual
biological specimen which much of our data refers to. |
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Physiological data |
Biological study
of the functions of living organisms and their parts. |
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Pip |
To crack or break
through, as an eggshell, during the process of hatching. Pipping can be
either an internal pip (when the chick pierces the air cell membrane) or an
external pip (when the chick pierces the egg shell). Internal pip Piercing
the air cell membrane of an egg, during the process of hatching. Internal
pipping may occur quite some time (up to several days) before complete
emergence (see also External pip). External pip Cracking or breaking through
an eggshell, during the process of hatching. External pipping may occur
quite some time (up to several days) before complete emergence (see also
Internal pip). |
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Planner |
A planner is one
of the actors in ZIMS. Responsible for initiating various actions or
activities. Examples of institutional job descriptions that might be
planners are: curator, director, veterinarian etc. |
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Potential founder |
(Fundador
potencial) Un individuo (usualmente del medio silvestre) que es capaz de
reproducirse y que no esta relacionado con la población específica |
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Precocial |
Advanced
developmental state at birth or hatching; eyes and ears are open, capable of
independent locomotion, thermoregulation, and excretion without assistance
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Pre-condition |
A result,
condition (state at a point in time) or event that must exist or occur prior
to the activity. The condition does not trigger the activity. |
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Premature birth |
Birth of a fetus
before full term. |
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Prescription |
A written
direction for the preparation and administration of a remedy. |
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Primary actor |
Role(s) that
performs most of the steps of the activity. |
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Problem (medical) |
Anything that
interferes with patient's well-being. Further diagnostics and/or
therapeutics may be planned. |
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Problem list |
A summary of what
happens to an animal in a medical sense, and usually consists of one word,
or a few words, which define or describe the problem. A problem typically
would be the same as a diagnosis. Also included in a problem list are a date
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Procedure |
Medical activity
that that involves physical contact with an animal. |
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Process |
An activity or
function which is an action within the system. |
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Protocol |
A standard plan of
action for a given activity. |
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Provenance |
A geographic
reference, either a point or a place. The place of capture, of a single or
group of wild-caught specimens. |
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Provenanced
population |
A group of
individuals all caught in the same locality or descended from those caught
there, and intended to be managed as a unit |
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Radiography |
The making of film
records (radiographs) of internal structures of the body by passage of
X-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on specially sensitized film. |
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Rational Unified
Process |
A software
development methodology, often referred to as RUP. RUP organizes the
development of software into four phases (Inception, Elaboration,
Construction and Transition), each consisting of one or more executable
iterations of the software at that stage of development. |
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Reference-taxonomic |
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Reference-technical |
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Regulated species |
A taxonomic
classification that is locally, nationally, or globally managed by the
government. |
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Remedy |
Any medicine or
application, which puts an end to disease and restores health. |
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Reporter |
A reporter is one
of the potential actors in ZIMS. While reports are used by everyone, there
is the potential for specialized roles here, where regulations require
reports to 3rd party organizations. |
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Reports |
A series of
pre-determined (canned) or ad-hoc extracts of data from the system. These
include pre-determined reports that we are familiar with (eg specimen,
taxon, inventory etc.), and other reports that can be configured on an
as-needs basis by the user. |
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Reproductive
management |
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Reviewer (of data) |
A reviewer is one
of the actors in ZIMS. Responsible for ensuring that various data that have
been entered into the system are factual. Examples of institutional job
descriptions that might be reviewers are: registrar, curator, veterinarian,
records officer etc. |
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Role |
Basically similar
to an actor. Actors model roles, not positions. As actors tend to define
roles, the word role is often used instead of actor to clarify the term. |
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RUP |
(RUP) RUP
representa el Proceso Racional Unificado, una metodología de desarrollo del
sistema (software). El RUP organiza el desarrollo del software en cuatro
fases (Incepción, Elaboración, Construcción y Transición), cada una de las
cuales consiste en una o más iteraciones ejecutables del software, en la
respectiva etapa de desarrollo. |
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Sample bank |
Catalog of animal
samples (DNA, tissues, feathers, blood etc.). Samples may or may not involve
some sort of veterinary procedure or purpose. |
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Scalable |
Able to be changed
in size or configuration to suit changing conditions. For example, a
scalable database can grow in the number of users it supports, in the number
of records it stores, or in complexity. |
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Secondary actor |
Role(s) that
performs one or more steps of an activity, but not in a primary role. |
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Sex |
(Sexo) El sexo
genético (cromosómico y biológico) de un animal. Esto puede ser registrado
como macho, hembra, anormal, hermafrodita, o indeterminado. El género de un
animal puede cambiar durante su tiempo de vida solamente a través de
circunstancias biológicas. |
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Sire |
(Macho progenitor)
El progenitor biológicamente macho. Un animal puede tener múltiples
progenitores registrados, si un individuo macho no puede ser determinado
dentro de un número limitado de posibilidades. El progenitor también puede
ser del medio silvestre o completamente desconocido, v.g. a partir de
registros históricos. |
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Source |
*DO NOT USE THIS
TERM |
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Special
requirements |
Requirements
related to the activity that are of a non-functional nature. |
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Species |
A taxonomic group
whose individuals can interbreed. |
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Specimen |
An individual
animal. |
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Stakeholder |
For purposes of
the ZIMS Project, any person or constituency that has an interest in an
activity or is a beneficiary of the activity, and who may also be actors. |
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Standard |
Something set up
and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight,
extent, value, or quality |
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Step |
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Stillbirth |
The full-term
birth of a dead fetus. |
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Studbook |
A subset of
animals records of one taxonomy for a defined geographic area, typically a
managed species. |
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Subspecies |
A subdivision of
species, often a geographically distinct race and capable of reproducing
with others of the same subspecies. |
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Success
post-condition |
The expected
result, condition (state at a point in time) or event after successful
completion of the activity. |
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Synonym |
1) In the IT world
it is an alternate name for a table, or data item. |
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System |
The databases,
graphical interface, data entry forms, reports etc. that combined form ZIMS. |
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System use case |
(Caso de uso del
Sistema) Describe la interacción entre el actor o usuario y el sistema
(ZIMS), o dentro del propio sistema, para cumplir las funciones del mismo.
Este proporciona los detalles de los actores que logran alcanzar las metas
dentro del sistema (ZIMS). Los casos de uso del Sistema tienen un enfoque
tecnológico. |
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Taxa |
(plural of taxon) |
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Taxon |
Any taxonomic unit
(e.g., a family, a genus, a species), whether named or not; a taxon includes
its subordinate taxa and individuals, whether their names are regulated by
the Code (e.g., species) or not (e.g., class). |
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Taxonomy |
The theory and
practice of classifying organisms; part of systematics, the study of the
kinds and diversity of organisms. Classification of organisms into groups
based on similarities of structure or origin. |
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Taxonomy |
This is the
classification of animals in an ordered system that indicates natural
relationships. |
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Thermography |
Measurement of the
regional temperature of the body or an organ by infrared sensing devices,
based on self-emanating infrared radiation. |
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Title |
Legal ownership. |
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Trade name (drug) |
Trademarked
proprietary preparations containing the generic substance. |
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Transaction
management |
The definition is
contingent on current perspectives. For the end user in the role of record
keeper, it encompasses the range of activities required to record the
transfer of a specimen. Regardless of the type of transfer made or the
nature of the origin |
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Transition phase |
(Fase de
Transición) La cuarta fase y final de la metodología de desarrollo del
software del Proceso Racional Unificado (RUP). Los diseñadores harán una
detallada transferencia del conocimiento, así como de las actividades
relacionadas, incluyendo documentación, entrenamiento de la aplicación, e
implementación de cualquier proceso de apoyo requerido. Un aspecto vital de
la fase de la Transición es la aceptación de la aplicación por parte de los
usuarios, que involucrará a los usuarios de ISIS probando totalmente la
aplicación y asegurando que están disponibles tanto la documentación
completa y exacta, como los materiales de entrenamiento. |
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Treatment |
An action, series
of actions, or medication prescribed to alleviate a medical problem.
Treatment may be delivered to an individual animal, a group of animals, or
an enclosure. Examples: Medication, application of a splint. |
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Trigger |
Specifies a
condition or event that initiates a use case or activity. The trigger
precedes the first step of the use case - it is not the first step of the
use case. |
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Trinomial |
The combination of
a generic name, a specific name, and a subspecific name, that together
constitute a scientific name of a subspecies. e.g.: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
washingtoniensis Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus |
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UDF |
User Defined
Field. A data field specified by the user for the collection of data not
collected elsewhere. |
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Ultrasonography |
A technique in
which high-frequency sound waves are bounced off internal organs and the
echo pattern is converted into a two dimensional picture of the structures
beneath the transducer. |
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Use case |
(Caso de uso) Un
caso de uso describe el escenario en el cual el actor (usuario) interactúa
con el sistema. Un caso de uso describe lo que hace el actor, v.g. los pasos
ejecutados bajo condiciones erróneas o normales, condiciones que rodean la
función y su resultado; éstos describen completamente el curso de los
eventos en una forma narrativa o en tablas de flujo. Los casos de uso ayudan
a los usuarios a comprender el proceso de negocio y los objetivos, así como
el diseño del sistema. Existen dos tipos de casos de uso: negocios y sistema. |
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Use case
description |
A short
description of the activity addressed by the use case, reflecting the
actions, purpose, participants’ goals and outcome. |
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Use case frequency |
Indicates how
often the activity addressed by the use case is performed. |
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Use case ID |
A unique
identifier for each use case. |
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Use case priority |
The business
priority of the activity addressed by the use case. |
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User acceptance
testing |
The final phase in
a software development process in which the software is given to the
intended audience to be tested for functionality. Users provide feedback to
make any final adjustments to the programming before releasing the product
to the general ZIMS users. |
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User interface |
The screens, forms
and dialogs that allow for interaction between a user and the application
(ZIMS). The term User Interface is often abbreviated to UI, and is sometimes
referred to as a graphical user interface, or GUI. |
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Vendor |
1. Immediate past
location or owner of animal or ultimate ownership of the animal. 2. any
person or institution from which a specimen is acquired (i.e., by purchase,
donation, trade, loan, etc.). This may include zoos and aquariums, private
individuals, animal dealers, nature centres, government agencies (e.g., US
Fish and Wildlife Service) |
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View |
Requested data
displayed by filter. |
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Visit |
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Viviparous |
Producing young in
a living state (as opposed to eggs), eg. most mammals, many reptiles, and
some fish. Species in which full embryonic development occurs within the
maternal body, after which offspring are born, eg most mammals, many
reptiles and some fish. |
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Work process |
A series of tasks,
activities, or events that lead to a particular result or outcome. |
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Workflow |
(Flujo de trabajo)
Una representación gráfica de todos los pasos realizados por un actor
durante una actividad o tarea particular. En un caso del uso, se representan
los pasos de los flujos básicos y alternativos. También se le llama
diagramas de flujo. |
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Zoological
community |
Zoos, aquariums,
wildlife parks and other related institutions that house and/or display
captive collections of animals. |
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