Standards
From Darwin Core to WGSRPD TDWG standards aid the exchange of biodiversity information.
TDWG standards have a status and category. Current standards and those under consideration as Draft standards are governed by the TDWG Process, which includes the appointment of a Review Manager to oversee expert and public review of TDWG standards. Our standards are also available as a collection on FAIRsharing, which places them in context with databases that implement them and data policies that endorse their use.
Actively maintained
ABCD
Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD) Schema
Audiovisual Core
Audiovisual Core Multimedia Resources Metadata Schema
Darwin Core
GUID Applicability Statements
GUID and Life Sciences Identifiers Applicability Statements
SDS
TDWG Standards Documentation Standard (SDS)
TAPIR
TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval (TAPIR)
TCS
VMS
Vocabulary Maintenance Standard (VMS)
WGSRPD
World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD)
Not under active maintenance
Economic Botany
Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
Floristic Regions
Floristic Regions of the World
HISPID3
Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID3)
ITF2
International Transfer Format for Botanic Garden Plant Records (ITF2)
Plant Names
Plant Names in Botanical Databases
POSS
Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)
SDD
Structured Descriptive Data (SDD)
XDF
XDF - A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets