Relation

Each specimen may have relations to other specimens. For example a duplicate, a specimen isolated from the same material or a part of a specimen may be located in another collection. Another example is link to e.g. GenBank where information connected to the specimen can be found. This can be documented by adding relations to these specimens. To add a relation select the specimen (symbolized by the barcode ), organisms (e.g. , , ) or part (e.g. , , ) in the tree. You may then either add a relation to a local specimen using the button or add a relation to a remote specimen using the button in the button panel on the right side. To show or hide the relations in the tree use the and buttons. For an overview see a short tutorial .

Internal relation

To add an internal relation to a local specimen use the button. A window will open where you may search for the related specimen.

Select the related specimen from the query result list and click OK to close the window and establish the relation. In the left image below you can see an internal relation while the image on the right shows a reverse relation from another specimen. 

In the case of internal relations you can navigate to the related specimens using the button.

If linked dataset of a relation is removed, the orphaned relation can be removed in the maintenance.

External relation  

To add an external relation to a specimen which is not administrated in the database DiversityCollection use the button. In the image below you can see a relation to a specimen in an external collection.

Deleting relations  

To delete a relation select it in the tree and click on the  button.

Relations to units and parts  

If the relation should be If the relation should be referred to an organism, part or organism in a part either select the organism or part in the tree and add the relation or use the mouse to drag the relation into the correct position (see examples below).

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