The http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/faobioversity-multi-crop-passport-descriptors-v2-mcpd-v2/[Multi-crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD V.2)]
is a revision of the original FAO/IPGRI publication released in 2001,
The http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/faobioversity-multi-crop-passport-descriptors-v21-mcpd-v21/[Multi-crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD V.2.1)]
is an update to MCPD V.2 which was released in 2012. The MCPD V.2 was a revision of
the first FAO/IPGRI publication released in 2001,
expanded to accommodate emerging needs, such as the broader use of GPS tools, or the
implementation of the http://www.planttreaty.org[International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture] Multilateral System for access and benefit sharing.
This MCPD V.2 list is an expansion of the first version of the MCPD, the descriptors and allowed values of the first
This MCPD V.2.1 list is an expansion of the first version of the MCPD, the descriptors and allowed values of the first
version form a subset of those in this revision. The 2001 list, developed jointly by
http://www.bioversityinternational.org[Bioversity International] (formerly IPGRI) and FAO,
has been widely used and is considered the international standard to facilitate germplasm passport
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|Field name
|Description
|<<puid,PUID>>|Any persistent, unique identifier assigned to the accession so it can be unambiguously
referenced at the global level and the information associated with it harvested through automated
means. Report one PUID for each accession.
|<<mcpd-wiews,INSTCODE>>|FAO WIEWS code of the institute where the accession is maintained.
|ACCENUMB|Unique identifier of the accession within a genebank.
|COLLNUMB|Original identifier assigned by the collector(s) of the sample, normally composed of the
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|REMARKS|The remarks field is used to add notes or to elaborate on descriptors with value `99` or `999` (= Other). Prefix remarks with the field name they refer to and a colon (:) without space (e.g. `COLLSRC:riverside`). Distinct remarks referring to different fields are separated by semicolon without space.
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[[puid]]
==== Persistent unique identifier
Any persistent, unique identifier assigned to the accession so it can be unambiguously
referenced at the global level and the information associated with it harvested through
automated means. Report one PUID for each accession.
There are various "types" of PUIDs: DOI, UUID, LSID, etc.
The Secretariat of the ITPGRFA is facilitating the assignment of
DOI to PGRFA at the accession level (http://www.planttreaty.org/doi).