# Data Publishing

**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-publishing/6.md

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## [GBIF technical support hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/3760)

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**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/3760 "2022-12-12T13:28:27Z")

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General description of GBIF technical support hour for Nodes Inspired by the Asia support team, Data Products at the GBIF Secretariat is now offering online open office hours for nodes staff, where topics such as data p…

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## [About the Data Publishing category](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/about-the-data-publishing-category/13)

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**Author:** [@dnoesgaard](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dnoesgaard)\
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**Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/about-the-data-publishing-category/13 "2018-04-20T11:24:31Z")

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Matters related to publishing data in GBIF, e.g., Darwin Core, IPT, dataset metadata, endorsement, identifiers, etc.

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## [Do you really need UUIDs in your datasets? - a quick rant](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/do-you-really-need-uuids-in-your-datasets-a-quick-rant/4396)

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**Author:** [@datafixer](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/datafixer)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/do-you-really-need-uuids-in-your-datasets-a-quick-rant/4396 "2026-09-08T06:10:32Z")

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UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) are in fashion at the moment, particularly UUID version 4 (see Note 1, below). They’re the long strings of 32 letters and numbers that look like this: 6449b31b-956c-4dad-a4ee-093d9…

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## [Mapping recreational dive logs onto Darwin Core (OBIS-ENV-DATA), and three things I am unsure about](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mapping-recreational-dive-logs-onto-darwin-core-obis-env-data-and-three-things-i-am-unsure-about/6416)

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**Author:** [@joepweterman](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/joepweterman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mapping-recreational-dive-logs-onto-darwin-core-obis-env-data-and-three-things-i-am-unsure-about/6416 "2026-08-31T18:22:26Z")

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Recreational divers are in the water constantly, and almost none of what they see is written down in a form anyone can use. That gap is old and well known. Diveboard published recreational dive observations to GBIF rough…

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## [GBIF export from Specify vs GBIF export from institutional node](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-export-from-specify-vs-gbif-export-from-institutional-node/6415)

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**Author:** [@Shoobs](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Shoobs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-export-from-specify-vs-gbif-export-from-institutional-node/6415 "2026-08-10T11:11:08Z")

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Hey there, I manage the data for a few different collections at The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity. We use Specify 7 as our DBMS, and we also have a GBIF IPT installation hosted at our institution. …

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## [How to handle microbial domains in COL XR](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-handle-microbial-domains-in-col-xr/6405)

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**Author:** [@sformel](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/sformel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-handle-microbial-domains-in-col-xr/6405 "2026-07-16T17:52:18Z")

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I’m working on aligning a soil microbial dataset to COL XR via the GBIF API. One key difference from the GBIF Backbone is there are microbial taxa names that have been moved from Kingdom to Domain and Phylum to Kingdom. …

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## [Darwin Core & spreadsheets](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-spreadsheets/6391)

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**Author:** [@Darwyn](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Darwyn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-spreadsheets/6391 "2026-06-21T14:39:50Z")

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Within published papers lies a wealth of species occurrences \[1\]. “scientists around the world have been searching for other long-term data sets, data from forgotten studies languishing unpublished in notebooks or old…

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## [Introduction to DNA in biodiversity data - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introduction-to-dna-in-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6309)

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**Author:** [@estebanmhGBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/estebanmhGBIF)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introduction-to-dna-in-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6309 "2026-06-10T10:42:28Z")

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Introduction to DNA in biodiversity data Our next Technical Support Hour for Nodes on the 3rd of June 2026 at 4:00 pm CEST will be about DNA. We will be giving a basic introduction to DNA in the context of biodiversity …

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## [Is it possible to modify camtrap licenses? (IPT)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/is-it-possible-to-modify-camtrap-licenses-ipt/6350)

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**Author:** [@daniel4nnah](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/daniel4nnah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/is-it-possible-to-modify-camtrap-licenses-ipt/6350 "2026-05-28T07:45:07Z")

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We are deploying our own instance of IPT 3.2.1, we were able to modify the licenses following the documentation Applying a License to a Dataset :: GBIF IPT User Manual with no issues, however, we tried modifying the camt…

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## [Traceability and version control when publishing a curated regional occurrence dataset with mixed original and previously published records](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/traceability-and-version-control-when-publishing-a-curated-regional-occurrence-dataset-with-mixed-original-and-previously-published-records/6294)

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**Author:** [@Cristian](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Cristian)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/traceability-and-version-control-when-publishing-a-curated-regional-occurrence-dataset-with-mixed-original-and-previously-published-records/6294 "2026-05-13T16:04:08Z")

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Dear GBIF community, I am preparing to publish a curated occurrence dataset through IPT/GBIF and would appreciate expert guidance before doing so. The dataset is a consolidated corpus of freshwater and diadromous fish …

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## [IPT zero record issue](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/ipt-zero-record-issue/6293)

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**Author:** [@Mauridi](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Mauridi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/ipt-zero-record-issue/6293 "2026-05-08T05:39:33Z")

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I have installed ATLAS GIS platform,IPT but on some records it shows zero records but when i open, data are available. How can i solve this issue? my site is https://tanbif.costech.or.tz

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## [Best Practices for Preserving Legacy GUIDs/OccurrenceIDs?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/best-practices-for-preserving-legacy-guids-occurrenceids/6278)

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**Author:** [@Shoobs](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Shoobs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/best-practices-for-preserving-legacy-guids-occurrenceids/6278 "2026-04-25T13:03:28Z")

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I’m helping a collection at my institution update their database and data publishing pipeline with our IPT, which we self-host. In this process, I’ve discovered a number of really bad issues with data quality from the c…

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## [Choosing a dataset class - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/choosing-a-dataset-class-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6209)

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**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/choosing-a-dataset-class-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6209 "2026-04-01T13:50:07Z")

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Join us for the first 2026 technical support hour for GBIF nodes on the 4th of February at 4:00 pm CET. We are starting the year with revisiting one of our old blog posts on how to choose a dataset class when sharing dat…

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## [Publishing marine data to OBIS and GBIF - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-marine-data-to-obis-and-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6168)

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**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-marine-data-to-obis-and-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6168 "2026-01-19T08:25:43Z")

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Join us on December 3rd at 4:00 pm CET for the technical node support hour on publishing marine data to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and GBIF. Elizabeth Lawrence will join us from the OBIS Secretaria…

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## [DwC-DP examples for genomic data?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dwc-dp-examples-for-genomic-data/6166)

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**Author:** [@dshorthouse](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dshorthouse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dwc-dp-examples-for-genomic-data/6166 "2026-01-09T21:44:27Z")

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Folks, Are there yet any examples for contributed test datasets in DwC-DP land that include nucleotide sequences? If there are, can these please be contributed to GitHub - gbif/dwc-dp-examples: Reference datasets for th…

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## [Publishing a Checklist of a protected area with geospatial information](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-a-checklist-of-a-protected-area-with-geospatial-information/6169)

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**Author:** [@nl-bif](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/nl-bif)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-a-checklist-of-a-protected-area-with-geospatial-information/6169 "2025-12-12T14:43:54Z")

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I am looking for the best way to publish a checklist of a protected area, in this case the European Natura 2000 site ‘Veluwe’ Natura 2000 SDF . Item 3.2 of the Standard Data Form has a list of species that are protected …

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## [A very brief note on Null Island](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-very-brief-note-on-null-island/6140)

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**Author:** [@datafixer](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/datafixer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-very-brief-note-on-null-island/6140 "2025-11-10T02:58:19Z")

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Null Island is in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa, at latitude zero and longitude zero. To learn more about Null Island I turned to GBIF. I downloaded the 1,431,391 occurrence records flagged “Zero Coordinate” as …

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## [Datasets from Xeno-canto](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149)

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**Author:** [@ChristianSW](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/ChristianSW)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149 "2025-10-29T12:39:20Z")

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Media from Xeno-canto are stored in five datasets. I am very pleased that “mysteries” are exported and thus become part of the data sets and are available there. These are assigned to the taxon “Animalia” in GBIF: http…

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## [dwc:feedbackURL on GBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dwc-feedbackurl-on-gbif/6136)

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**Author:** [@dshorthouse](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dshorthouse)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dwc-feedbackurl-on-gbif/6136 "2025-10-06T14:55:35Z")

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Am curious if there’s been any examples yet of dwc:feedbackURL content appearing from DwC-A files. And, could iNat, Plazi (others?) who have semi-custom feedback links on GBIF occurrence pages be swapped for content in t…

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## [Standards for All: Darwin Core in Multiple Languages - SiB Colombia experience](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/standards-for-all-darwin-core-in-multiple-languages-sib-colombia-experience/6131)

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**Author:** [@rortiz](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/rortiz)\
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**Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/standards-for-all-darwin-core-in-multiple-languages-sib-colombia-experience/6131 "2025-09-25T21:07:19Z")

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We will be presenting in the session “Standards for All: Darwin Core in Multiple Languages” (ID: 6798214) at Datos Vivos 2025. In this session, we will share the story of how SiB Colombia, together with its community, na…

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## [EML generation tool?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/eml-generation-tool/6128)

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**Author:** [@grantfitzsimmons](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/grantfitzsimmons)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/eml-generation-tool/6128 "2025-09-23T16:01:05Z")

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Hi all, I am Grant Fitzsimmons from the Specify Collections Consortium. In the Specify 7 CMS, we have a mechanism for publishing Darwin Core Archives via an RSS feed endpoint. It looks like this: \<rss xmlns:ipt="http:…

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## [Darwin Core Data Package - A new publishing format for biodiversity data (technical support hour for GBIF nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-data-package-a-new-publishing-format-for-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-gbif-nodes/6050)

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**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-data-package-a-new-publishing-format-for-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-gbif-nodes/6050 "2025-09-15T11:37:00Z")

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The next technical support hour for GBIF nodes will be on September 3rd at 4:00 pm CEST. The topic will be an introduction to the ongoing work for developing a new publishing format, the Darwin Core Data Package (DwC-DP…

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## [DarwinCore media extension for local files?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwincore-media-extension-for-local-files/6097)

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**Author:** [@kueda](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/kueda)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwincore-media-extension-for-local-files/6097 "2025-09-10T18:33:55Z")

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Is there an extension for a DarwinCore Archive that would reference media files inside the archive itself? E.g. if I wanted to publish an archive with one occurrence which is associated with one photo that is included in…

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## [MDT- the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit (Technical Support Hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mdt-the-metabarcoding-data-toolkit-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6013)

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**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mdt-the-metabarcoding-data-toolkit-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6013 "2025-08-22T13:38:09Z")

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Join us on the 6th of August at 4:00 pm CEST for the next GBIF Technical Support Hour for Nodes where Tobias Frøslev from the Science team gives us an update on the work concerning the Metabarcording Toolkit (MDT). Tobia…

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## [How I check decimalLatitude/Longitude against verbatimCoordinates](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-i-check-decimallatitude-longitude-against-verbatimcoordinates/6014)

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**Author:** [@datafixer](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/datafixer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-i-check-decimallatitude-longitude-against-verbatimcoordinates/6014 "2025-07-13T05:14:04Z")

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Some of the datasets I audit have degree-minute-second coordinates (DMS) in verbatimCoordinates and decimal degrees coordinates (DD) in decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude. Checking that DMS-to-DD was done correctly isn…

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## [The Humboldt extension to Darwin Core](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-humboldt-extension-to-darwin-core/5970)

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**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-humboldt-extension-to-darwin-core/5970 "2025-07-01T08:51:42Z")

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The Humboldt extension to Darwin Core (https://eco.tdwg.org/) provides a means by which to more explicitly capture the sampling context of biodiversity survey data. The ratification of this extension reinvigorated effort…

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## [Depth data](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/depth-data/6009)

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**Author:** [@vijaybarve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/vijaybarve)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/depth-data/6009 "2025-06-25T18:55:16Z")

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DwC has minimumDepthInMeters and maximumDepthInMeters, and we’ve gone to some trouble to make all our locality entries for Marine Invertebrates conform to that standard. GBIF, instead, seems to discard the min and max d…

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## [Country names in GBIF data publication](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/country-names-in-gbif-data-publication/6008)

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**Author:** [@vijaybarve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/vijaybarve)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/country-names-in-gbif-data-publication/6008 "2025-06-24T06:21:55Z")

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We noticed that “Republic of Panamá” got interpreted to “Panama”. We’ve had the policy of outputting country’s official names (like “United States of America”, “Oriental Republic of Uruguay”, or “Republic of Panamá”). Do…

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## [Deep Dive: Date-related issues and flags](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/deep-dive-date-related-issues-and-flags/5876)

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**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/deep-dive-date-related-issues-and-flags/5876 "2025-06-13T11:02:52Z")

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In the following technical support hour for GBIF nodes on May 7th at 4:00 pm CEST, we will introduce the first ‘Deep Dive’ session on handling issues and flags, and we will focus on Date issues for this particular sessio…

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## [A guide to date issues](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-guide-to-date-issues/4185)

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**Author:** [@datafixer](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/datafixer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-guide-to-date-issues/4185 "2025-06-05T20:08:52Z")

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A calendar day in Darwin Core records should be represented in the eventDate field as YYYY-MM-DD (“1945-06-29”), a month as YYYY-MM (“1945-06”) and a year as YYYY (“1945”). These three formats can also be used to repres…

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