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Darwin Core standard for sharing of information about biological diversity.

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This issue is inspired by Robert Mesibov's post in GBIF discourse - [The vexed question of missing data in Darwin Core](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-vexed-question-of-missing-data-in-darwin-core/3374). The discussions on the [thread](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-vexed-question-of-missing-data-in-darwin-core/3374) and [Arctos](https://github.com/ArctosDB/arctos/discussions/4807) are very...

Process - need templated change request

The definition of [`dwc:MaterialCitation` ](http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialCitation) currently reads: *A reference to or citation of one, a part of, or multiple specimens in scholarly publications.* The last of three examples for `dwc:MaterialCitation`...

Process - need templated change request

The comments on the above terms recommend the use of pipes ( `|` ) to separate the values in a list. I wish to raise an observation about this recommendation...

Class - Occurrence
Class - Location
Class - Identification
Process - need templated change request
non-normative

## Term documentation change suggestion: move away from triplet combination examples for occurrenceID * Submitter: [email protected] * Efficacy Justification (why is this change necessary?): In an effort to move towards...

Term - change
Process - ready for public comment
Class - Occurrence
non-normative

## Term change * Submitter: Humboldt Extension Task Group * Efficacy Justification (why is this change necessary?): To clarify the use of the term in the context of the Humboldt...

Term - change
Process - ready for public comment
Class - Identification
non-normative

## Term change * Submitter: Humboldt Extension Task Group * Efficacy Justification (why is this change necessary?): To clarify the use of the term in the context of the Humboldt...

Term - change
Process - ready for public comment
Class - Identification
non-normative

Currently, [Section 1.4.3 of the Darwin Core RDF Guide](http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/rdf/#143-use-of-darwin-core-terms-in-rdf-normative) only mentions the `dwciri:` namespace. However, there is now `chronoiri` and soon will be `ecoiri`. These should be mentioned or in...

documentation error
Docs - RDF Guide
Process - implement
normative

I have a SIMPLE_DWC format download from GBIF and I want to programmatically access the dwc term description for each column header, eg for the term `basisOfRecord`, I would like...

Docs - Contributing
Process - implement

## Term change * Submitter: Steve Baskauf on behalf of Elie Saliba * Efficacy Justification (why is this change necessary?): typographical error * Demand Justification (if the change is semantic...

Term - change
documentation error
Process - implement
non-normative
Vocabulary - pathway

## Term change * Submitter: Steve Baskauf on behalf of Elie Saliba * Efficacy Justification (why is this change necessary?): typographical error (missing close parenthesis) * Demand Justification (if the...

Term - change
documentation error
Process - implement
non-normative
Vocabulary - pathway