Darwin Core

From TDWG Terms Wiki
Revision as of 15:19, 24 February 2012 by WikiSysop (Talk | contribs) (Occurrence (dwc:Occurrence) [http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#occurrencecindex ])

Jump to: navigation, search

Darwin Core

The Darwin Core is body of standards. It includes a glossary of terms (in other contexts these might be called properties, elements, fields, columns, attributes, or concepts) intended to facilitate the sharing of information about biological diversity by providing reference definitions, examples, and commentaries. The Darwin Core is primarily based on taxa, their occurrence in nature as documented by observations, specimens, and samples, and related information. Included are documents describing how these terms are managed, how the set of terms can be extended for new purposes, and how the terms can be used. The Simple Darwin Core [SIMPLEDWC] is a specification for one particular way to use the terms - to share data about taxa and their occurrences in a simply structured way - and is probably what is meant if someone suggests to "format your data according to the Darwin Core".

Record-level Terms [1]

dcterms:accessRights | dcterms:bibliographicCitation | dcterms:language | dcterms:modified | dcterms:references dcterms:rights | dcterms:rightsHolder | dcterms:type |

basisOfRecord | collectionCode | collectionID | dataGeneralizations | datasetID | datasetName | dynamicProperties informationWithheld | institutionCode | institutionID | ownerInstitutionCode |

Occurrence (dwc:Occurrence) [2]

associatedMedia | associatedOccurrences | associatedReferences | associatedSequences | associatedTaxa behavior | catalogNumber | disposition | establishmentMeans | individualCount | individualID | lifeStage | occurrenceID | occurrenceRemarks | occurrenceStatus | otherCatalogNumbers | preparations | previousIdentifications | recordedBy | recordNumber | reproductiveCondition | sex |

Event (dwc:Event) [3]

eventID | samplingProtocol | samplingEffort | eventDate | eventTime | startDayOfYear | endDayOfYear | year | month | day | verbatimEventDate | habitat | fieldNumber | fieldNotes | eventRemarks

dcterms:Location [4]

locationID | higherGeographyID | higherGeography | continent | waterBody | islandGroup | island | country | countryCode | stateProvince | county | municipality | locality | verbatimLocality | verbatimElevation | minimumElevationInMeters | maximumElevationInMeters | verbatimDepth | minimumDepthInMeters | maximumDepthInMeters | minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters | maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters | locationAccordingTo | locationRemarks | verbatimCoordinates | verbatimLatitude | verbatimLongitude | verbatimCoordinateSystem | verbatimSRS | decimalLatitude | decimalLongitude | geodeticDatum | coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | coordinatePrecision | pointRadiusSpatialFit | footprintWKT | footprintSRS | footprintSpatialFit | georeferencedBy | georeferencedDate | georeferenceProtocol | georeferenceSources | georeferenceVerificationStatus | georeferenceRemarks

GeologicalContext (dwc:GeologicalContext) [5]

geologicalContextID | earliestEonOrLowestEonothem | latestEonOrHighestEonothem | earliestEraOrLowestErathem | latestEraOrHighestErathem | earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem | latestPeriodOrHighestSystem | earliestEpochOrLowestSeries | latestEpochOrHighestSeries | earliestAgeOrLowestStage | latestAgeOrHighestStage | lowestBiostratigraphicZone | highestBiostratigraphicZone | lithostratigraphicTerms | group | formation | member | bed

Identification (dwc:Identification) [6]

identificationID | identifiedBy | dateIdentified | identificationReferences | identificationVerificationStatus | identificationRemarks | identificationQualifier | typeStatus

Taxon (dwc:Taxon) [7]

taxonID | scientificNameID | acceptedNameUsageID | parentNameUsageID | originalNameUsageID | nameAccordingToID | namePublishedInID | taxonConceptID | scientificName | acceptedNameUsage | parentNameUsage | originalNameUsage | nameAccordingTo | namePublishedIn | namePublishedInYear | higherClassification | kingdom | phylum | class | order | family | genus | subgenus | specificEpithet | infraspecificEpithet | taxonRank | verbatimTaxonRank | scientificNameAuthorship | vernacularName | nomenclaturalCode | taxonomicStatus | nomenclaturalStatus | taxonRemarks



Auxiliary Terms

ResourceRelationship (dwc:ResourceRelationship) [8]

resourceRelationshipID | resourceID | relatedResourceID | relationshipOfResource | relationshipAccordingTo | relationshipEstablishedDate | relationshipRemarks

MeasurementOrFact (dwc:MeasurementOrFact) [9]

measurementID | measurementType | measurementValue | measurementAccuracy | measurementUnit | measurementDeterminedDate | measurementDeterminedBy | measurementMethod | measurementRemarks




Darwin Core vocabulary of terms

The table highlighted in yellow includes the current description of Darwin Core. The table highlighted in blue indicates some additional attributes for discussion and example that can be used to describe a Vocabulary of Terms such as Darwin Core.

Properties Values
Name dcterms:title Darwin Core Terms
Identifier dc:identifier http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
Description rdfs:comment The Darwin Core is body of standards. It includes a glossary of terms (in other contexts these might be called properties, elements, fields, columns, attributes, or concepts) intended to facilitate the sharing of information about biological diversity by providing reference definitions, examples, and commentaries. The Darwin Core is primarily based on taxa, their occurrence in nature as documented by observations, specimens, and samples, and related information.
Publisher dc:publisher Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Modified dcterms:modified 2011-10-26


Additional attributes for discussion and example

Properties Values
Title dc:title Darwin Core terms in the http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ namespace
Creator dc:creator Darwin Core Task Group
Contributor dc:contributor John Wieczorek (MVZ)
Contributor dc:contributor Markus Döring (GBIF)
Contributor dc:contributor Renato De Giovanni (CRIA)
Contributor dc:contributor Tim Robertson (GBIF)
Contributor dc:contributor Dave Vieglais (KUNHM)
Rights holder dcterms:rightsHolder Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Rights dc:rights This document is governed by the standard legal, copyright, licensing provisions and disclaimers issued by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group.
License dcterms:license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
Version dcterms:hasVersion http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/2011-10-26/terms/
Namespace vann:preferredNamespaceUri http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
Prefix vann:preferredNamespacePrefix dwc
Home page foaf:homepage http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/
See also rdfs:seeAlso http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/
Type rdf:type skos:ConceptScheme


Export RDF