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I'm very new to Darwin Core, so I apologize for the noobness of this question. My goal is to represent a histopathological study of fishes in a Darwin Core text...

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RDF

For example, a table with a `materialSampleID` representing a single sample, followed by columns containing values like `measurementType`, `measurementValue` and `measurementUnit` for that sample.

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A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour [webform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekd0QSdgiK5ujh6CLZPx9kKTcS-mJRNK_pGWk3b3fHv4x4gQ/viewform): *Timestamp:* 1/30/2020 12:20:06 *Please provide a topic of interest:* How to indicate that multiple specimens are associated (e.g., on...

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Hi,, i´m currently working on a Arboretum. Why have a database wich is currently on DwC, so we decided to stick some Qr to the trees on our Arboretum wich...

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This question comes from various sources. Related questions are, "What is the minimum requirement for a georeference?" and "What is the gold standard for a georeference?"

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A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour [webform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekd0QSdgiK5ujh6CLZPx9kKTcS-mJRNK_pGWk3b3fHv4x4gQ/viewform): *Timestamp:* 1/23/2020 18:30:59 *Please provide a topic of interest:* I have a dataset (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f56fb306-32e4-4b96-a381-6b87c186ad0f). It uses a stationary point...

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Hi i'm writing a code to get a dataset with the label verbatimCoordinates to standard DwC (decimalLatitude,decimalLongitude), i've done some testing and it works great, but i need to give...

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Over a year ago, I found that some of the UTEP specimens on islands in the Pacific, are flagged by iDigBio with "dwc_continent_replaced | Darwin Core Continent Corrected." Life kept...

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controlled vocabularies
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From Rich Rabeler (University of Michigan Herbarium): "While it's clear that decimal lat/long is the desired information standard for any specimen to be considered "georeferenced", a specimen label often includes...

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A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour [webform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekd0QSdgiK5ujh6CLZPx9kKTcS-mJRNK_pGWk3b3fHv4x4gQ/viewform): *Timestamp:* 6/2/2020 11:37:17 *Please provide a topic of interest:* The OBIS community is in need of advice about where...

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