Introduction#
What are Darwin Core Archives?#
Darwin Core Archives are the format in which the Atlas of Living Australia accepts and publishes biodiversity data. Each archive contains:
Data: This is the data you (and/or others) have collected. This can include, but is not limited to: observations, data on longitudinal studies, and environmental data.
- Metadata: This is information about the data. This can include, but is not limited to:
who collected the data
what methods were used to collect the data
the license you would like attributed to your data
Description of DwCA: Each archive contains a file that describes how the data and the metadata are linked.
What type of data do I have?#
We currently support two types of archives, with extensions coming in the future.