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Basic specification
 

Visible name Contemporary uses Typical usage A list of how this plant is presently used in commercial enterprises. (Food, medicine and landscaping are not included in this list.) Visible display type Displayed in a short list with a special pop-up window for showing the full list of contemporary use possibilities. Data entry view Traditional uses view

Storage details
 

SQL name ContemporaryUses Storage type A text value up to 100 characters in length. Internal representation A semicolon-separated list of plant uses.

Import / export notes

When importing and exporting the column name for this item is ContemporaryUses.
When importing with the Merge option, the existing semicolon-separated values of this item will be merged with the values specified in the input file.
 

Action File type Notes Import Delimited file A semicolon-separated list of contemporary plant uses. XML file ditto Export Delimited file A semicolon-separated list of contemporary plant uses. XML file ditto

Publication templates

The replacement tag is <cb:ContemporaryUses>. The possible attributes for this tag are shown below. Values marked with an asterisk are used by default.
 

Attribute Possible values Notes multilist on * Output the list of names using an HTML <table></table> tag pair.  Each plant use is placed in a separate row within the table. off Output the list of contemporary plant uses separated by spaces. graphics on * The symbolic icon for each use is shown. off The symbolic icon for each use is not shown. text on * The text value of each use is shown. off No text is written.

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Last reviewed March 25, 2004   

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