Darwin Core
Contents
- 1 Darwin Core
- 2 Record-level Terms [1]
- 3 Occurrence (dwc:Occurrence) [2]
- 4 Event (dwc:Event) [3]
- 5 dcterms:Location [4]
- 6 GeologicalContext (dwc:GeologicalContext) [5]
- 7 Identification (dwc:Identification) [6]
- 8 Taxon (dwc:Taxon) [7]
- 9 ResourceRelationship (dwc:ResourceRelationship) [8]
- 10 MeasurementOrFact (dwc:MeasurementOrFact) [9]
- 11 Darwin Core vocabulary of terms
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]
day | endDayOfYear | eventDate | eventID | eventRemarks eventTime | fieldNotes | fieldNumber | habitat | month | samplingEffort | samplingProtocol | startDayOfYear | verbatimEventDate | year |
dcterms:Location [4]
continent | coordinatePrecision | coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | country | countryCode | county | decimalLatitude | decimalLongitude | footprintSpatialFit | footprintSRS | footprintWKT | geodeticDatum | georeferencedBy | georeferencedDate | georeferenceProtocol | georeferenceRemarks georeferenceSources | georeferenceVerificationStatus | higherGeography | higherGeographyID | island | islandGroup | locality | locationAccordingTo | locationID | locationRemarks | maximumDepthInMeters | maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters | maximumElevationInMeters | minimumDepthInMeters | minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters | minimumElevationInMeters | municipality | pointRadiusSpatialFit | stateProvince | verbatimCoordinates | verbatimCoordinateSystem | verbatimDepth | verbatimElevation | verbatimLatitude | verbatimLocality | verbatimLongitude | verbatimSRS | waterBody |
GeologicalContext (dwc:GeologicalContext) [5]
bed earliestAgeOrLowestStage | earliestEonOrLowestEonothem | earliestEpochOrLowestSeries | earliestEraOrLowestErathem | earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem | formation | geologicalContextID | group | highestBiostratigraphicZone | latestAgeOrHighestStage | latestEonOrHighestEonothem | latestEpochOrHighestSeries | latestEraOrHighestErathem | latestPeriodOrHighestSystem | lithostratigraphicTerms | lowestBiostratigraphicZone | member |
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 |
