EcoSpecies-Atlas/docs/flelmr-authoring.md

FLELMR Authoring Notes

Summary Field

The legacy outline reserves header slot 1.4 for Summary/Abstract or Executive Summary, but the historical corpus in this repository does not contain populated examples. Future FLELMR-compatible records should treat this as a short abstract for the full species life history.

Recommended Format

Place the summary in the HEADER section immediately after the FLELMR code block:

Summary/Abstract:
Short paragraph here.

Accepted marker variants:

• Summary/Abstract
• Summary/Abstract:
• Summary
• Summary:
• Abstract
• Abstract:
• Executive Summary
• Executive Summary:

Intended Meaning

The field should be a concise executive overview of the record, not metadata and not a section outline. It should help a reader understand the species before they read the detailed habitat, trophic, reproductive, and citation sections.

Suggested Content

Write 3 to 6 sentences that cover:

• species identity and ecological or management importance
• general geographic range
• major habitat use or life-stage pattern
• notable trophic or reproductive traits
• major conservation, fishery, or data-status note if relevant

Publishing Rule

• During ingestion or editorial review, a missing summary should be treated as a warning.
• In accepted datasets, the summary may remain empty if no editor-authored abstract is available.