| occurrenceID |
An identifier for the Occurrence (as opposed to a particular digital record of the occurrence). In the absence of a persistent global unique identifier, construct one from a combination of identifiers in the record that will most closely make the occurrenceID globally unique. |
| basisOfRecord |
The specific nature of the data record. |
| occurrenceStatus |
A statement about the presence or absence of a Taxon at a Location. |
| year |
The four-digit year in which the Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar. |
| continent |
The name of the continent in which the Location occurs. |
| countryCode |
The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs. |
| stateProvince |
The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region etc.) in which the Location occurs. |
| county |
The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department etc.) in which the Location occurs. |
| municipality |
The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality etc.) in which the Location occurs. |
| locality |
The specific description of the place where the species was recorded. |
| decimalLatitude |
The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic centre of a Location. |
| decimalLongitude |
The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic centre of a Location. |
| coordinateUncertaintyInMetres |
The horizontal distance (in metres) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the Location. |
| geodeticDatum |
The ellipsoid, geodetic datum or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude are based. |
| georeferencedBy |
A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups or organisations who determined the georeference (spatial representation) for the Location. |
| scientificName |
The full scientific name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. |
| kingdom |
The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified. |
| phylum |
The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified. |
| class |
The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified. |
| family |
The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified. |
| genus |
The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified. |
| specificEpithet |
The name of the first or species epithet of the scientificName. |
| taxonRank |
The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName. |
| scientificNameAuthorship |
The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode. |
| taxonomicStatus |
The status of the use of the dwc:scientificName as a label for a taxon. |
| associatedReferences |
A list (concatenated and separated) of identifiers (publication, bibliographic reference, global unique identifier, URI) of literature associated with the Occurrence. |
