Publishing Species Checklists, Best Practices
This document provides recommendations on sharing species checklists using an
international data exchange format known as Darwin Core Archives.
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Publisher(s):
GBIF Secretariat, 2011
Target audience: Species Checklist Publishers and Data Managers
Abstract: This guide provides details on how to utilise the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format as a
means to share taxonomic checklist information in a standard way. It focuses on specific
components of the Darwin Core Archive format, and some of the supporting extensions to
the core taxonomic data class, and provides recommendations on how to best utilise these
components to maximise the value of the shared data. This guide does not provide a
detailed overview of the Darwin Core Archive format nor does it serve as a detailed
reference guide to the complete set of terms and extensions that describe the GNA
Profile. Instead it extends two documents that do cover those topics.
Bibliographic citation: GBIF (2010). Best Practices in Publishing Species Checklists, (contributed by Remsen D., Döring M., Robertson, T.), Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 20 pp, accessible online at http://links.gbif.org/checklist_best_practices
Rights: This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
Rights Holder: GBIF Secretariat
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