Darwin Core
Contents
- 1 Darwin Core Terms
- 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 Terms
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".
Description
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.
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]
dateIdentified | identificationID | identificationQualifier | identificationReferences | identificationRemarks | identificationVerificationStatus | identifiedBy | typeStatus |
Taxon (dwc:Taxon) [7]
acceptedNameUsage | acceptedNameUsageID | class | family | genus | higherClassification | infraspecificEpithet | kingdom | nameAccordingTo | nameAccordingToID | namePublishedIn | namePublishedInID | namePublishedInYear | nomenclaturalCode | nomenclaturalStatus | order | originalNameUsage | originalNameUsageID | parentNameUsage | parentNameUsageID | phylum | scientificName | scientificNameAuthorship | scientificNameID | specificEpithet | subgenus | taxonConceptID | taxonID | taxonomicStatus | taxonRank | taxonRemarks | verbatimTaxonRank | vernacularName |
Auxiliary Terms
ResourceRelationship (dwc:ResourceRelationship) [8]
relatedResourceID | relationshipAccordingTo | relationshipEstablishedDate | relationshipOfResource | relationshipRemarks | resourceID | resourceRelationshipID |
MeasurementOrFact (dwc:MeasurementOrFact) [9]
measurementAccuracy | measurementDeterminedBy | measurementDeterminedDate | measurementID | measurementMethod | measurementRemarks | measurementType | measurementUnit | measurementValue |
Darwin Core vocabulary of terms
The table highlighted in yellow includes the current description of Darwin Core.
| Properties | Values |
|---|---|
| Label | Darwin Core Terms |
| Description | 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 | Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) |
| Identifier | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ |
