What Does A Passing Occurrences Dataset Look Like?#

If you’ve gone through all the steps outlined for the example occurrences dataset, your final step(s) will look like the following:

>>> # this is each individual step as a command
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> import galaxias
>>> my_dwca = galaxias.dwca(occurrences = '<FILENAME>.csv')
>>> my_dwca.use_occurrences(basisOfRecord='HumanObservation',occurrenceStatus='PRESENT',occurrenceID=True,random_id=True)
>>> my_dwca.use_scientific_name(scientificName='Species')
>>> my_dwca.use_coordinates(decimalLatitude='Latitude',decimalLongitude='Longitude',geodeticDatum='WGS84',coordinatePrecision=0.1)
>>> my_dwca.use_datetime(eventDate='Collection_date',string_to_datetime=True,yearfirst=False,dayfirst=True)
>>> my_dwca.check_dataset()

And your final output from check_dataset() will look like this:

  Number of Errors  Pass/Fail    Column name
------------------  -----------  -------------------
                 0  ✓            occurrenceID
                 0  ✓            scientificName
                 0  ✓            decimalLatitude
                 0  ✓            decimalLongitude
                 0  ✓            eventDate
                 0  ✓            basisOfRecord
                 0  ✓            geodeticDatum
                 0  ✓            coordinatePrecision


══ Results ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════


Errors: 0 | Passes: 8

✓ Data meets minimum Darwin core requirements

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