BIOGRAPHY_DATA

Each row represents a chimpanzee. This table contains one row for each chimpanzee on which data has ever been recorded (in SokweDB), and an additional row for UNK a generic value used when a chimpanzee is unrecognized. BIOGRAPHY_DATA contains the basic demographic data of individual chimpanzees.

Note

The BIOGRAPHY view may be preferred to using the BIOGRAPHY_DATA table.

A mother must be female; the Sex must be F (female) of the BIOGRAPHY_DATA row identified by an offspring’s MomID.

A father must be male; the Sex must be M (male) of the BIOGRAPHY_DATA row identified by an offspring’s DadID.

A female cannot be too young when giving birth. The difference between the mother’s maximum birthdate, the BDMin of the BIOGRAPHY_DATA row identified by an offspring’s MomID, and the offspring’s minimum birthdate, the BDMin of the offspring, cannot be less than 8 years.

A male cannot be too young when becoming a parent. The difference between the father’s maximum birthdate, the BDMin of the BIOGRAPHY_DATA row identified by an offspring’s DadID, and the offspring’s minimum birthdate, the BDMin of the offspring, cannot be less than 10 years.

When the individual is not the first recorded offspring of their mother, based on the BirthDate of all recorded maternal siblings, the FirstBorn value must be N (not first born).

The date the individual entered the study (EntryDate) may not be before the individual’s birth date (BirthDate).

The date the individual left the study (DepartDate) may not be before the date the individual entered the study (EntryDate).

The maximum age of an individual, the time span between the individual’s earliest possible birth date (BDMin) and their DepartDate, may not be more than 70 years.

DadPrelim must be NULL when DadID is NULL. Otherwise DadPrelim must not be NULL. DadIDPub must be NULL when DadID is NULL. Otherwise DadIDPub must not be NULL.

The row defining the unknown individual, the BIOGRAPHY_DATA row having an AnimID value of UNK, is special and cannot be altered or deleted by ordinary user accounts.

AnimID (Animal IDentifier)

A short sequence of characters which uniquely identify the chimpanzee. Each value stored in this column must be unique. This column may not be NULL. This column may not be empty text, its textual values must contain characters. This column may not contain whitespace characters. The value of this column cannot be changed.

AnimIDNum (Animal IDentifier Number)

A unique positive integer used to identify the chimpanzee in SIV papers. Each value stored in this column must be unique. This column may be NULL.

These are the former Ch numbers from Beatrice Hahn’s lab.

AnimName (Animal Name)

The name of the chimpanzee. Each value stored in this column must be unique. This column may not be empty text, its textual values must contain characters and must contain at least one non-whitespace character. This column may not be NULL.

BirthComm (Birth Community)

The COMM_IDS.CommID of the community in which the individual was born. This column may be NULL when the birth community is unknown.

BCCertainty (Birth Community Certainty)

A code indicating the certainty of the BirthComm, the certainty of the birth community. Only 2 values are allowed, C when the birth community is certain and U when the birth community is uncertain. This column may not be NULL.

Sex

A code indicating the sex of the individual. Only 3 values are allowed: M for males, F for females, and U when the sex is unknown. This column may not be NULL.

MomID (Mother’s AnimID)

The AnimID of the individual’s mother, when known. This column may be NULL.

DadID (Father’s AnimID)

The AnimID of the individual’s father, or NULL when not known.

This column may be NULL.

DadPrelim (Is Paternity Preliminary?)

A boolean value. When TRUE, the paternity assignment is preliminary. This column may be NULL.

DadIDPub (Publication of Paternity)

Citation of the publication where paternity was declared, or ‘Unknown’ when paternity has not yet been published. This column may not be empty text, its textual values must contain characters and must contain at least one non-whitespace character. This column may be NULL.

FirstBorn

A code indicating whether the individual is the mother’s first born. One of 3 values are allowed: Y means known to be the first born, N means known not to be the first born, and U means that the firstborn status is unknown. This column may not be NULL.

BirthDate

The individual’s (often estimated) birth date. This column may not be NULL. This value may not be before 1900-01-01 or after the current date.

BDMin (Minimum Birth Date)

The earliest possible birthdate. If born into the study, this is the last date prior to birth that the mother was seen without the infant. This column may not be NULL. This value may not be before 1900-01-01 or after the current date.

BDMin (Maximum Birth Date)

The latest possible birthdate. If born into the study, this is date of the first sighting of the infant. This column may not be NULL. This value may not be before 1900-01-01 or after the current date.

BDDist (Birth Date Distribution)

The probability distribution of the likelihood of birth between BDMin and BDMax. Only one of 2 values are allowed, N when it is most likely that the actual birthdate is closer to BirthDate than to BDMin or BDMax, or U when any birthdate between BDMin and BDMax is equally likely. This column may not be NULL.

EntryDate

The date the individual entered the study; the date first seen. This column may not be NULL.

EntryType

An ENTRYTYPES.EntryType code indicating how the individual entered the study. This column may not be NULL.

DepartDate

The date the individual was last in the study, or the date the individual was last seen. For living individuals this is the date of last census. This column may not be NULL.

DepartType

A DEPARTTYPES.DepartType code indicating that the individual is still alive and under study, or how the individual left the study. The DEPARTTYPES.DepartType O value is special. It indicates the individual is still alive and in the community. This column may not be NULL.

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