Public review of proposed changes to Darwin Core

Public comment period now open for minimum 30 days

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Call for comments on proposed changes (maintenance) to Darwin Core

The members of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group would like to announce the opening of a minimum 30-day period for public review for the accumulated set of proposed changes to Darwin Core.

Please refer to the documentation we have provided on the review process and the maintenance of the Darwin Core standard in general at https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/wiki/Darwin-Core-Maintenance-Frequently-Asked-Questions.

For your reference and convenience we are providing a table with links to the proposed changes, organized in keeping with the order in the Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/). The relevant issues are also listed in the following milestone: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/milestone/19.

Your comments are welcome and important for the evolution of the Darwin Core standard.

Thank you,

The Darwin Core Maintenance Team

Pending proposals to add, modify, or deprecate Darwin Core terms

Category Term Issue Action Nature
Record-level dc:type https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/512 change erratum
Record-level institutionID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/514 change erratum
Record-level collectionID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/513 change erratum
Record-level digitalSpecimenID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/530 new normative
Record-level discipline https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/529 new normative
Record-level feedbackURL https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/180 new normative
Occurrence occurrenceID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/491 change non-normative
Occurrence substrate https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/504 new normative
Organism causeOfDeath https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/521 new normative
MaterialEntity objectType https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/517 new normative
Event fundingBodyName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/533 new normative
Event fundingBodyID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/534 new normative
Event projectName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/531 new normative
Event projectID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/532 new normative
Location countryCode https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/520 change non-normative
Location geodeticDatum https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/528 change non-normative
Location georeferenceRemarks https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/510 change non-normative
GeologicalContext latestEonOrHighestEonothem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/511 change erratum
GeologicalContext lithostratigraphicTerms https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/509 change erratum
Identification identificationReferences https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/493 change non-normative
Identification identifiedBy https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/492 change non-normative
Identification typifiedName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/28 new normative
Identification typeStatus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/525 change non-normative
Taxon acceptedNameUsage https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/515 change erratum
Taxon subgenus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/320 change normative
Taxon sensitiveVernacularName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/522 new normative
MeasurementOrFact verbatimMeasurementType https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/518 new normative
Controlled Vocabulary - establishmentMeans nativeEndemic https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/434 new normative
Controlled Vocabulary - establishmentMeans nativeReintroduced https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/508 change erratum
Controlled Vocabulary - pathway naturalDispersal https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/505 change erratum
Controlled Vocabulary - pathway otherTransport https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/506 change erratum
Controlled Vocabulary - pathway transportContaminant https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/507 change erratum
Humboldt Extension isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/516 change erratum