EVENTS

Each row represents an event that occurred during a follow, whether involving the focal or not. All recorded observations that occur during a follow are events.

The Start time cannot be after the Stop time.

EID (Event ID)

A unique, automatically generated, positive integer which serves to identify the row. The value of this column cannot be changed. This column may not be NULL.

FID (Follow IDentifier)

The FOLLOWS.FID that identifies the follow during which the event was recorded. This column may not be NULL.

Behavior

A code indicating the kind of event recorded. These codes usually represent chimpanzee behaviors, but may otherwise classify the event.

Each code has special meaning to SokweDB, controlling what additional information may, or must, be related to the event. In other words, what other tables may, or must, contain additional information about the event. The following list summarizes the available codes:

AGG (Aggression)

A row must exist on AGGRESSIONS.

ARR (Arrival)

A row must exist on ARRIVALS.

FOOD (Food)

A row must exist on FOOD_EVENTS.

GROOM (Grooming)

A row must exist on GROOMINGS.

MATE (Mating)

A row must exist on MATINGS.

OS (Other Species)

A row must exist on SPECIES_PRESENT and/or on HUMANS.

PG (Pantgrunt)

A row must exist on PANTGRUNTS.

This column may not be NULL.

Start

The time the event started. The value of this column cannot be before 4:00. This column must contain values that fall on one minute intervals; it may not contain values having seconds or fractions of seconds. This column may not be NULL.

Stop

The time the event stopped. The value of this column cannot be after 20:00. This column must contain values that fall on one minute intervals; it may not contain values having seconds or fractions of seconds. This column may not be NULL.

Certainty

A CERTAINTIES.Certainty code designating the certainty of the event observervation. This column may not be NULL.

Notes

Free form textual notes regarding the event. This column may be empty text. It need not contain characters, but it may not contain only whitespace characters. This column may not be NULL.

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