Vocabularies needed for Darwin Core terms

Vocabularies needed for Darwin Core terms

List of the terms in the Darwin Core standard that have been identified as needing vocabularies of values. The list is based on the definitions and common use of the terms across the community and on the needs identified by Task Group 2 Tests & Assertions.

Class	Term	Vocabulary needed for Core Tests	Relevant tests	Recommended vocabulary
Record-level	dcterms:type			DCMI Type Vocabulary
	dcterms:language			RFC 5646
	dcterms:license	✔️	[1] , [2]	Creative Commons
	basisOfRecord	✔️	[1] , [2]	Darwin Core classes
Occurrence	sex
	lifeStage
	reproductiveCondition
	behavior
	establishmentMeans *
	occurrenceStatus *	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3]
	disposition
Organism	organismScope
Event	sampleSizeUnit			Ontology of Units of Measure
Location	higherGeographyID			Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	continent	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3]	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	waterbody			Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	islandGroup, island			Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	country	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4]	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	countryCode	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3]	ISO 3166-1-alpha-2
	stateProvince, county, municipality	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4]	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
	geodeticDatum	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5]	EPSG
	verbatimCoordinateSystem
	verbatimSRS			EPSG
	georeferenceVerificationStatus			{'requires verification', 'verified by collector', or 'verified by curator' }
Identification	identificationVerificationStatus			HISPID/ABCD
	identificationQualifier	✔️	[1] , [2]
Taxon	taxonID, scientificNameID, acceptedNameUsageID, originalNameUsageID, taxonConceptID	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3]
	higherClassification, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8]
	genus, subgenus, specificEpithet, infraspecificEpithet	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7]
	scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7]
	vernacularName	✔️	[1] , [2]
	taxonRank	✔️	[1] , [2] , [3]
	nomenclaturalCode
	taxonomicStatus
Measurement OrFact	measurementType
	measurementUnit			International System of Units (SI)
Resource Relationship	relationshipOfResource

* These terms are currently in review following the work of the Invasive Organism Information Task Group of the Species Information Interest Group