Darwin Core is a vocabulary standard for transmitting information about biodiversity. This document lists all terms in namespaces currently used in the vocabulary.
- Prefix
dwc- Keywords
- biodiversity geographic location life science sample annotation taxonomic classification
- Links
- Homepage Repository Request Discussion
- Publications
- 2014 The GBIF integrated publishing toolkit: facilitating the efficient publishing of biodiversity data on the internet
- 2014 Linking multiple biodiversity informatics platforms with Darwin Core Archives
- 2012 Darwin Core: an evolving community-developed biodiversity data standard
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
- Missing LUI pattern
- Example Local Unique Identifier
- Dataset Resolve
- Example CURIE
- dwc:Dataset
Contacts
- Contact
- John Wieczorek 0000-0003-1144-0290 tucotuco
- Contributors
- submitter Charles Tapley Hoyt 0000-0003-4423-4370 cthoyt
Metaregistry Darwin Core Terms
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 1 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.xvf5y3
|
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier Dataset is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Darwin Core Terms. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Name | Metaprefix | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Darwin Core Terms | dwc |
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Dataset |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/dwc:Dataset |