Fields to include in DwC

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Fields I found in GRIIS checklists are in bold.

taxon core

• [x] id: GBIF species key
• [ ] modified: publication date of contributing checklist
• [x] language
• [x] license
• [ ] rightsHolder: see #30
• [ ] accessRights
• [x] bibliographicCitation: citation of contributing checklist = GBIF backbone
• [x] datasetID: DOI of unified checklist
• [x] institutionCode: not part of core
• [x] datasetName: name of unified checklist
• [x] taxonID: according to GBIF
• [x] scientificName: according to GBIF
• [ ] acceptedNameUsageID: according to GBIF, will be identical to taxonID for all except SYNONYMS all considered accepted
• [ ] acceptedNameUsage: according to GBIF, will be identical to scientificName for all except SYNONYMS all considered accepted
• [x] kingdom: according to GBIF
• [x] phylum: according to GBIF
• [x] class: according to GBIF
• [x] order: according to GBIF
• [x] family: according to GBIF
• [x] genus: according to GBIF
• [x] taxonRank: according to GBIF
• [ ] nomenclaturalCode
• [ ] taxonomicStatus: according to GBIF, most will be ACCEPTED not set
• [x] taxonRemarks: remark for SYNONYMs and why they are kept no: sources that were considered

distribution extension

• [x] id
• [x] locationID: "ISO_3166-2:BE"
• [x] locality: "Belgium"
• [x] countryCode: "BE"
• [x] occurrenceStatus: "present"
• [x] establishmentMeans: "introduced"
• [x] eventDate: widest range within used checklist
• [x] source: citation of contributing checklist OR actual source within that checklist

species profile

• [x] id: one species profile per taxon, from the most trust worthy checklist
• [x] isMarine
• [x] isFreshwater
• [x] isTerrestrial
• [ ] isInvasive: we do not have this information
• [x] habitat: e.g. "terrestrial|freshwater", is same information as is... fields, so easy to repeat here

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Closed with #30.