Darwin Core Terms for Occurrence Datasets
dwc_names.RdThis vector contains column names that conform to the Darwin Core Standard, which are commonly used in occurrence datasets, particularly from GBIF.
Format
dwc_names
A character vector with the following terms:
- occurrenceID
A unique identifier for the occurrence record
- basisOfRecord
The type of record (e.g., HumanObservation, MachineObservation)
- catalogNumber
An identifier for the record within the dataset or collection
- recordNumber
A number assigned by the collector of the record
- recordedBy
A list of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the occurrence
- individualCount
The number of individuals observed
- sex
The sex of the individuals represented in the occurrence
- lifeStage
The life stage of the individuals (e.g., adult, juvenile)
- establishmentMeans
The process by which the organism became established at the location (e.g., native, introduced)
- occurrenceStatus
The status of the occurrence (e.g., present, absent)
- preparations
A list of preparations (e.g., dry specimen, DNA extract)
- disposition
The current state of the specimen (e.g., in collection, missing)
- associatedMedia
URLs to images, videos, or sound recordings
- associatedOccurrences
A list of other occurrence records associated with this one
- associatedReferences
A list of references associated with the occurrence
- associatedSequences
A list of genetic sequences associated with the occurrence
- associatedTaxa
A list of taxa associated with the occurrence
- eventID
An identifier for the event
- parentEventID
An identifier for the broader event associated with this one
- samplingProtocol
The method or protocol used to collect the data
- samplingEffort
The amount of effort expended during the event (e.g., time spent, area surveyed)
- eventDate
The date of the event
- eventTime
The time of the event
- startDayOfYear
The start of the event in terms of day of the year
- endDayOfYear
The end of the event in terms of day of the year
- year
The year of the event
- month
The month of the event
- day
The day of the event
- verbatimEventDate
The original event date string before parsing
- locationID
An identifier for the location
- higherGeographyID
An identifier for the higher-level geography
- higherGeography
A string describing the higher-level geography
- continent
The name of the continent
- waterBody
The name of the water body
- islandGroup
The name of the island group
- island
The name of the island
- country
The full name of the country
- countryCode
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country
- stateProvince
The name of the state or province
- county
The name of the county or similar subdivision
- municipality
The name of the municipality
- locality
The specific locality of the event
- verbatimLocality
The original locality string
- verbatimCoordinates
The original coordinates string
- verbatimLatitude
The latitude as originally provided
- verbatimLongitude
The longitude as originally provided
- verbatimCoordinateSystem
The coordinate system as originally provided
- decimalLatitude
The latitude of the occurrence
- decimalLongitude
The longitude of the occurrence
- coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
The uncertainty in the coordinates, in meters
- coordinatePrecision
The precision of the coordinates
- pointRadiusSpatialFit
The spatial fit for a radius around the coordinates
- footprintWKT
The Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of the footprint
- footprintSRS
The Spatial Reference System for the footprint
- footprintSpatialFit
The spatial fit of the footprint
- georeferencedBy
The name of the person or group who georeferenced the occurrence
- georeferencedDate
The date when the georeferencing was performed
- georeferenceProtocol
The protocol used to determine the coordinates
- georeferenceSources
The sources used to determine the coordinates
- georeferenceVerificationStatus
The status of the georeference verification
- georeferenceRemarks
Any additional information about the georeferencing process
- scientificName
The full scientific name including authorship
- acceptedNameUsage
The currently accepted name for the taxon
- taxonID
An identifier for the taxon
- acceptedTaxonID
An identifier for the currently accepted taxon
- parentNameUsageID
An identifier for the parent taxon
- scientificNameID
An identifier for the scientific name
- kingdom
The kingdom of the organism
- phylum
The phylum of the organism
- class
The class of the organism
- order
The order of the organism
- family
The family of the organism
- genus
The genus of the organism
- specificEpithet
The specific epithet of the organism
- infraspecificEpithet
The infraspecific epithet of the organism
- taxonRank
The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName
- verbatimTaxonRank
The rank as originally provided
- scientificNameAuthorship
The authorship information for the scientificName
- vernacularName
The common name associated with the taxon
- nomenclaturalCode
The code governing the scientific name
- taxonomicStatus
The status of the name (e.g., accepted, synonym)
- nomenclaturalStatus
The nomenclatural status (e.g., valid, invalid)
- identificationID
An identifier for the identification event
- identificationQualifier
A brief statement about the uncertainty of the identification
- typeStatus
The type status of the specimen (e.g., holotype, syntype)
- identifiedBy
The person who identified the organism
- dateIdentified
The date the identification was made
- identificationRemarks
Remarks about the identification process
- datasetID
An identifier for the dataset
- datasetName
The name of the dataset
- institutionCode
The code identifying the institution that holds or publishes the data
- collectionCode
The code identifying the collection from which the data came
- ownerInstitutionCode
The code identifying the institution that owns the data
- rightsHolder
The entity that holds the rights over the data
- license
The license under which the data is provided
- rights
Information about the rights associated with the data
- accessRights
Information about who can access the data
- bibliographicCitation
A citation for the resource as a whole
- references
A URL or identifier to a related resource or publication