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Darwin Core

Darwin Core (often abbreviated to DwC) is an extension of Dublin Core for biodiversity informatics. It is meant to provide a stable standard reference for sharing information on biological diversity (biodiversity). The terms described in this standard are a part of a larger set of vocabularies and technical specifications under development and maintained…

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Darwin Core

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Darwin Core

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related to history · 17
Darwin Core → Allen Allison, Biodiversity Information Standards, Biology Implementers Group, DiGIR, Distributed Generic Information Retrieval, Dublin Core, Kansas, October, TDWG, The, The Darwin Core, Though, University, USA National Science Foundation, XML Schema, Z39, ZBIG
related to External links · 7
Darwin Core → Darwin Core Quick Reference, Darwin Core WebsiteExecutive Summary, Darwin CoreDarwin Core Standard, DwC, GitHub, GuideDarwin Core Development SiteOfficial, Specifications
related to Description · 5
Darwin Core → An, Included, TDWG, The Darwin Core, The DwC
see also · 3
Darwin Core → Darwin Core ArchiveData Curation, Network Simple Darwin Core, Non-Biologists Primer
is a · 2
Darwin Core → body of standards intended to facilitate the sharing of information about biological diversity, specification for one particular way to use the terms and to share data about taxa and their occurrences in a simply-structured way

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darwin core terms standard information biodiversity dwc tdwg reference standards term use data meant maintained group documentation definitions dublin sharing

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Darwin Coreis abody of standards intended to facilitate the sharing of information about biological diversity0.90text
Darwin Coreis aspecification for one particular way to use the terms and to share data about taxa and their occurrences in a simply-structured way0.90text
Darwin Corerelated to DescriptionThe Darwin Core0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to DescriptionThe DwC0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to DescriptionAn0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to DescriptionTDWG0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to DescriptionIncluded0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to External linksDarwin Core Quick Reference0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to External linksGuideDarwin Core Development SiteOfficial0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to External linksDarwin Core WebsiteExecutive Summary0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to External linksDarwin CoreDarwin Core Standard0.60section
Darwin Corerelated to External linksSpecifications0.60section

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