# bio.cuanto.protocolTarget

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✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

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## Definitions

### `bio.cuanto.protocolTarget`

**Type**: `record`

Subject for surveys following a Protocol.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `scope` | `array` | Yes | One or more scope criteria defining what this target is. |
| `protocol` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes | Protocol this target belongs to. |

### `bio.cuanto.protocolTarget#taxonScope`

**Type**: `object`

A taxonomic criterion for a survey target.

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `kingdom` | `string` | No | Taxonomic kingdom. Combined with scientificName and taxonRank, provides disambiguation for most homonyms. |
| `taxonID` | `string` (uri) | No | Identifier for the target taxon, preferably a stable URI, e.g. https://www.gbif.org/species/102151594. |
| `taxonRank` | `string` | Yes | Taxonomic rank, e.g. family, genus, subspecies, variety. |
| `scientificName` | `string` | Yes | Full scientific name without rank modifiers. |
| `vernacularName` | `string` | No | Common or vernacular name for the taxon, following dwc:vernacularName. Set by the protocol author as the preferred label shown to surveyors. |

### `bio.cuanto.protocolTarget#verbatimScope`

**Type**: `object`

A free-text criterion for cases not covered by structured types (sensu Humboldt eco:verbatimTargetScope).

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `verbatimTargetScope` | `string` | Yes | Free-text description of what is being targeted, e.g. 'trees > 10 cm DBH'. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "bio.cuanto.protocolTarget",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "protocol",
          "scope"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "scope": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "refs": [
                "#taxonScope",
                "#verbatimScope"
              ],
              "type": "union"
            },
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "One or more scope criteria defining what this target is."
          },
          "protocol": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "at-uri",
            "description": "Protocol this target belongs to."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Subject for surveys following a Protocol."
    },
    "taxonScope": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "scientificName",
        "taxonRank"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "kingdom": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Taxonomic kingdom. Combined with scientificName and taxonRank, provides disambiguation for most homonyms."
        },
        "taxonID": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "Identifier for the target taxon, preferably a stable URI, e.g. https://www.gbif.org/species/102151594."
        },
        "taxonRank": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Taxonomic rank, e.g. family, genus, subspecies, variety."
        },
        "scientificName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Full scientific name without rank modifiers."
        },
        "vernacularName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Common or vernacular name for the taxon, following dwc:vernacularName. Set by the protocol author as the preferred label shown to surveyors."
        }
      },
      "description": "A taxonomic criterion for a survey target."
    },
    "verbatimScope": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "verbatimTargetScope"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "verbatimTargetScope": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Free-text description of what is being targeted, e.g. 'trees > 10 cm DBH'."
        }
      },
      "description": "A free-text criterion for cases not covered by structured types (sensu Humboldt eco:verbatimTargetScope)."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```