EPPO Code System (Bayer flat format)

 

Technical description of the files

The data files are contained in 10 DOS format text files.

GAFNAME.TXT                micro-organisms, viruses, abiotic growth factors
GAFGROUP.TXT              groups of micro-organisms according to different classifications (SFN, SFS & SFT)
GAFLINK.TXT                  links between micro-organisms and groups, and between SFT groups 
GAINAME.TXT                 animals
GAIGROUP.TXT               groups of animals according to different classifications (SIN, SIS & SIT)
GAILINK.TXT                   links between animals and groups, and between SIT groups
PFLNAME.TXT                 plants
PFLGROUP.TXT               groups of plants according to different classifications (PBE, SPB, SPN & SPT)
PFLLINK.TXT                   links between plants and groups, and between SPT groups

Format of the data files:                  Unicode UTF-16LE with field separator, (comma) and delimiter '"' (quotes), trailing spaces trimmed.

 

xxxNAME  and xxxGROUP files

Each record provides a description of an organism or group.

field        name             max length       description

1        IDENTIFIER               10             variable length numeric unique line identifier, prefixed with N
2        DATATYPE                  3             type of data (PFL=plants, GAI=animals, SPT=plant taxonomic group, etc)
3        CODE                            8             Bayer code
4        LANGUAGE                 2             language of description, ISO 639-1 code (2 lower case letters) (see appendix for list)
5        LANG_NO                    2             number of description within language
6        COUNTRY                    2             country variant of language, ISO 3166-alpha-2 code (2 capital letters) (see appendix for list
7        FULL NAME               60             full name
8        AUTHORITY              60             authority (in capitals)
9        SHORT NAME           30             abbreviated description

 

xxxLINK files

Each record in the file associates an organism with a group, or a taxonomic group with a higher taxon.

field     name                max length          description

1        IDENTIFIER               10             variable length numeric unique line identifier, prefixed with L
2        DATATYPE                  3             type of data (PFL=plants, GAI=animals, SPT=plant taxonomic group, etc)
3        CODE                            8             code
4        GRP_DTYPE                3             datatype of associated group (SFS, SIN, SPT, etc)
5        GRP_CODE                  8             code of associated group