Standards

From Darwin Core to WGSRPD: TDWG standards aid the exchange of biodiversity information.

TDWG standards have a status and category. 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.

Current standards

Audubon Core

Darwin Core

GUID applicability statements

TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval (TAPIR)

TDWG Standards Documentation Standard

Vocabulary Maintenance Standard

Draft standards

Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)

Natural Collections Descriptions (NCD)

2005 standards

Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD)

Description Language for Taxonomy (DELTA)

Structured Descriptive Data (SDD)

Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema (TCS)

Prior standards

A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets (XDF)

Authors of Plant Names

Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum

Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum/Supplementum

Economic Botany Data Collection Standard

Floristic regions of the world

Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID3)

Index herbariorum. Part 1, The herbaria of the world

International Transfer Format for Botanic Garden Plant Records (IFT2)

Plant Names in Botanical Databases

Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)

Taxonomic Literature (TL-2)

World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD)