Canonical tag namespaces. Every tag in the vault should match one of the patterns below. The ETL validator enforces this; unknown tags warn.
taxa/*
Taxonomic or functional groupings.
taxa/cetacean, taxa/baleen-whale, taxa/toothed-whaletaxa/shark, taxa/ray, taxa/bony-fishtaxa/sea-turtle, taxa/seabird, taxa/pinnipedtaxa/cephalopod, taxa/coral, taxa/echinoderm
status/*
IUCN Red List bucket (mirrors the iucn.category field for fast filtering).
status/critically-endangered, status/endangered, status/vulnerablestatus/near-threatened, status/least-concern, status/data-deficient
habitat/*
Where the species lives in the water column / substrate.
habitat/pelagic, habitat/benthic, habitat/demersalhabitat/reef, habitat/coastal, habitat/estuarinehabitat/deep-sea, habitat/polar, habitat/seamount
realm/*
User-facing aquatic realm. Prefer realm/saltwater in new generated notes; marine remains a backwards-compatible alias in frontmatter and older tags.
realm/saltwater, realm/freshwater, realm/brackishrealm/anadromous, realm/mixed, realm/unknown
range/*
Biogeographic distribution.
range/cosmopolitan, range/circumpolarrange/atlantic, range/pacific, range/indian-ocean, range/southern-oceanrange/eastern-pacific, range/coral-triangle, range/mediterranean
threat/*
Documented anthropogenic or environmental pressures.
threat/ship-strike, threat/bycatch, threat/entanglementthreat/ocean-noise, threat/plastic, threat/oil-spillthreat/climate, threat/ocean-acidification, threat/coral-bleachingthreat/overfishing, threat/illegal-trade, threat/historical-whaling
feature/*
Notable life-history or ecological traits.
feature/migratory, feature/resident, feature/site-faithfulfeature/filter-feeder, feature/predator, feature/scavengerfeature/photosymbiotic, feature/bioluminescentfeature/long-lived, feature/late-maturing
source/*
Source registry and generated provenance lanes.
source/obis, source/gbif, source/nwis, source/inaturalistsource/erddap, source/argo, source/bio-oracle, source/worms
lake/*
Bulk governed lake milestones and generated indexes.
lake/25gb, lake/100gb, lake/app-ready
audit/*
Generated audit dimensions for data governance.
audit/provenance, audit/checksum, audit/app-ready