GBIF Vocabulary of Terms

The terms of the GBIF Vocabulary of Terms (GBIFterms) will be minted here. Each term will have it's own Wiki page with the description of the term.

Terms are presented here organized alphabetical by their group (skos:Collection). The first step when setting up a new vocabulary (with external namespace URIs) is to import the term identifier URIs to the Wiki.

Namespace URI: http://rs.gbif.org/terms/gbif/gbif# with preferred namespace prefix “gbif2”.

Warning: ns prefix defined multiple times

The preferred namespace prefix “gbif2” is defined on: Each preferred namespace prefix on this platform must be unique. Please edit the pages above, changing all but one namespace prefix. In general, you should keep the namespace on the most prominent or largest vocabulary unchanged. If a prefix is already defined on a concept scheme, do not repeat that definition in a collection.

Warning: no namespace URI defined yet

No Collections defined yet in scheme “GBIF Vocabulary of Terms“.

While above an automatic list according to the new skos:Concept template is shown, the list below is a manual link list from the early use of the terms wiki:

Collection Terms

Minting the groups for organizing the GBIF Terms here (groups are of rdf:type = skos:Collection).

gbif:Description [1] (taxon description)
gbif:Distribution [2] (species distribution)
gbif:Identifier [3]
gbif:Image [4]
gbif:Reference [5] (literature references)
gbif:SpeciesProfile [6]
gbif:TypesAndSpecimen [7]
gbif:VernacularName [8]

Concept Terms

Minting the individual GBIF Terms here (terms are of rdf:type = skos:Concept).

Taxon Description (gbif:Description)

DwC Taxon extension to exchange simple text/paragraph based taxon descriptions. Not suitable for structured descriptions and keys, but useful for creating species pages. (No new terms defined).

Species Distribution (gbif:Distribution)

Geographic distribution of a taxon. gbif:appendixCITES [9]

Alternative Identifiers (gbif:Identifier)

Other known identifier used for the same taxon or occurrence. Can be a URL pointing to a webpage, an xml or rdf document, a DOI, UUID or any other identifier. (No new terms defined).

Simple Images (gbif:Image)

Simple extension for exchanging metadata, in particular links, for species or occurrence images. (No new terms defined).

Literature References (gbif:Reference)

Bibliography for a taxon. (No new terms defined).

Species Profile (gbif:SpeciesProfile)

gbif:isMarine [10], gbif:isTerrestrial [11], gbif:isHybrid [12], gbif:isExtinct [13], gbif:livingPeriod [14], gbif:ageInDays [15], gbif:sizeInMillimeters [16], gbif:massInGrams [17], gbif:lifeForm [18]

Types and Specimen (gbif:TypesAndSpecimen)

An extension for specimens and types, including type specimens, type species and type genera and simple specimens unrelated to types. gbif:typeDesignatedBy [19], gbif:typeDesignationType [20], gbif:verbatimLabel [21]

Vernacular Names (gbif:VernacularName)

Extension to core taxa that lists vernacular names for a scientific taxon. gbif:isPlural [22], gbif:isPreferredName [23], gbif:organismPart [24]