DarwinCore Tags

Tags defined in the Darwin Core (dwc) XMP namespace. See http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm for the official specification.

These tags belong to the ExifTool XMP-dwc family 1 group.

Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
DCTermsLocation struct --> DarwinCore DCTermsLocation Struct
DCContinent string_ (dctermsLocationContinent)
DCCoordinatePrecision string_ (dctermsLocationCoordinatePrecision)
DCCoordinateUncertaintyInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationCoordinateUncertaintyInMeters)
DCCountry string_ (dctermsLocationCountry)
DCCountryCode string_ (dctermsLocationCountryCode)
DCCounty string_ (dctermsLocationCounty)
DCDecimalLatitude string_ (dctermsLocationDecimalLatitude)
DCDecimalLongitude string_ (dctermsLocationDecimalLongitude)
DCFootprintSpatialFit string_ (dctermsLocationFootprintSpatialFit)
DCFootprintSRS string_ (dctermsLocationFootprintSRS)
DCFootprintWKT string_ (dctermsLocationFootprintWKT)
DCGeodeticDatum string_ (dctermsLocationGeodeticDatum)
DCGeoreferencedBy string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferencedBy)
DCGeoreferencedDate string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferencedDate)
DCGeoreferenceProtocol string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferenceProtocol)
DCGeoreferenceRemarks string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferenceRemarks)
DCGeoreferenceSources string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferenceSources)
DCGeoreferenceVerificationStatus string_ (dctermsLocationGeoreferenceVerificationStatus)
DCHigherGeography string_ (dctermsLocationHigherGeography)
DCHigherGeographyID string_ (dctermsLocationHigherGeographyID)
DCIsland string_ (dctermsLocationIsland)
DCIslandGroup string_ (dctermsLocationIslandGroup)
DCLocality string_ (dctermsLocationLocality)
DCLocationAccordingTo string_ (dctermsLocationLocationAccordingTo)
DCLocationID string_ (dctermsLocationLocationID)
DCLocationRemarks string_ (dctermsLocationLocationRemarks)
DCMaximumDepthInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMaximumDepthInMeters)
DCMaximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMaximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters)
DCMaximumElevationInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMaximumElevationInMeters)
DCMinimumDepthInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMinimumDepthInMeters)
DCMinimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMinimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters)
DCMinimumElevationInMeters string_ (dctermsLocationMinimumElevationInMeters)
DCMunicipality string_ (dctermsLocationMunicipality)
DCPointRadiusSpatialFit string_ (dctermsLocationPointRadiusSpatialFit)
DCStateProvince string_ (dctermsLocationStateProvince)
DCVerbatimCoordinates string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimCoordinates)
DCVerbatimCoordinateSystem string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimCoordinateSystem)
DCVerbatimDepth string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimDepth)
DCVerbatimElevation string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimElevation)
DCVerbatimLatitude string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimLatitude)
DCVerbatimLocality string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimLocality)
DCVerbatimLongitude string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimLongitude)
DCVerbatimSRS string_ (dctermsLocationVerbatimSRS)
DCVerticalDatum string_ (dctermsLocationVerticalDatum)
DCWaterBody string_ (dctermsLocationWaterBody)
DCEvent struct --> DarwinCore Event Struct
(called Event by the spec)
EventDay integer_  
EventEarliestDate date_  
EventEndDayOfYear integer_  
EventDate date_ (EventEventDate)
EventID string/_ (EventEventID; avoided in favor of XMP-iptcExt:EventID)
EventRemarks lang-alt_ (EventEventRemarks)
EventTime string_ (EventEventTime)
EventFieldNotes string_  
EventFieldNumber string_  
EventHabitat string_  
EventLatestDate date_  
EventMonth integer_  
EventParentEventID string_  
EventSampleSizeUnit string_  
EventSampleSizeValue string_  
EventSamplingEffort string_  
EventSamplingProtocol string_  
EventStartDayOfYear integer_  
EventVerbatimEventDate string_  
EventYear integer_  
FossilSpecimen struct --> DarwinCore MaterialSample Struct
FossilSpecimenMaterialSampleID string_  
GeologicalContext struct --> DarwinCore GeologicalContext Struct
GeologicalContextBed string_  
EarliestAgeOrLowestStage string_ (GeologicalContextEarliestAgeOrLowestStage)
EarliestEonOrLowestEonothem string_ (GeologicalContextEarliestEonOrLowestEonothem)
EarliestEpochOrLowestSeries string_ (GeologicalContextEarliestEpochOrLowestSeries)
EarliestEraOrLowestErathem string_ (GeologicalContextEarliestEraOrLowestErathem)
EarliestPeriodOrLowestSystem string_ (GeologicalContextEarliestPeriodOrLowestSystem)
GeologicalContextFormation string_  
GeologicalContextID string_ (GeologicalContextGeologicalContextID)
GeologicalContextGroup string_  
HighestBiostratigraphicZone string_ (GeologicalContextHighestBiostratigraphicZone)
LatestAgeOrHighestStage string_ (GeologicalContextLatestAgeOrHighestStage)
LatestEonOrHighestEonothem string_ (GeologicalContextLatestEonOrHighestEonothem)
LatestEpochOrHighestSeries string_ (GeologicalContextLatestEpochOrHighestSeries)
LatestEraOrHighestErathem string_ (GeologicalContextLatestEraOrHighestErathem)
LatestPeriodOrHighestSystem string_ (GeologicalContextLatestPeriodOrHighestSystem)
LithostratigraphicTerms string_ (GeologicalContextLithostratigraphicTerms)
LowestBiostratigraphicZone string_ (GeologicalContextLowestBiostratigraphicZone)
GeologicalContextMember string_  
HumanObservation struct --> DarwinCore Event Struct
HumanObservationDay integer_  
HumanObservationEarliestDate date_  
HumanObservationEndDayOfYear integer_  
HumanObservationEventDate date_  
HumanObservationEventID string/_ (avoided in favor of XMP-iptcExt:EventID)
HumanObservationEventRemarks lang-alt_  
HumanObservationEventTime string_  
HumanObservationFieldNotes string_  
HumanObservationFieldNumber string_  
HumanObservationHabitat string_  
HumanObservationLatestDate date_  
HumanObservationMonth integer_  
HumanObservationParentEventID string_  
HumanObservationSampleSizeUnit string_  
HumanObservationSampleSizeValue string_  
HumanObservationSamplingEffort string_  
HumanObservationSamplingProtocol string_  
HumanObservationStartDayOfYear integer_  
HumanObservationVerbatimEventDate string_  
HumanObservationYear integer_  
Identification struct --> DarwinCore Identification Struct
DateIdentified date_ (IdentificationDateIdentified)
IdentificationID string_ (IdentificationIdentificationID)
IdentificationQualifier string_ (IdentificationIdentificationQualifier)
IdentificationReferences string_ (IdentificationIdentificationReferences)
IdentificationRemarks string_ (IdentificationIdentificationRemarks)
IdentificationVerificationStatus string_ (IdentificationIdentificationVerificationStatus)
IdentifiedBy string_ (IdentificationIdentifiedBy)
IdentifiedByID string_ (IdentificationIdentifiedByID)
TypeStatus string_ (IdentificationTypeStatus)
VerbatimIdentification string_ (IdentificationVerbatimIdentification)
LivingSpecimen struct --> DarwinCore MaterialSample Struct
LivingSpecimenMaterialSampleID string_  
MachineObservation struct --> DarwinCore Event Struct
MachineObservationDay integer_  
MachineObservationEarliestDate date_  
MachineObservationEndDayOfYear integer_  
MachineObservationEventDate date_  
MachineObservationEventID string/_ (avoided in favor of XMP-iptcExt:EventID)
MachineObservationEventRemarks lang-alt_  
MachineObservationEventTime string_  
MachineObservationFieldNotes string_  
MachineObservationFieldNumber string_  
MachineObservationHabitat string_  
MachineObservationLatestDate date_  
MachineObservationMonth integer_  
MachineObservationParentEventID string_  
MachineObservationSampleSizeUnit string_  
MachineObservationSampleSizeValue string_  
MachineObservationSamplingEffort string_  
MachineObservationSamplingProtocol string_  
MachineObservationStartDayOfYear integer_  
MachineObservationVerbatimEventDate string_  
MachineObservationYear integer_  
MaterialSample struct --> DarwinCore MaterialSample Struct
MaterialSampleID string_ (MaterialSampleMaterialSampleID)
MeasurementOrFact struct --> DarwinCore MeasurementOrFact Struct
MeasurementAccuracy string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementAccuracy)
MeasurementDeterminedBy string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementDeterminedBy)
MeasurementDeterminedDate date_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementDeterminedDate)
MeasurementID string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementID)
MeasurementMethod string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementMethod)
MeasurementRemarks string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementRemarks)
MeasurementType string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementType)
MeasurementUnit string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementUnit)
MeasurementValue string_ (MeasurementOrFactMeasurementValue)
Occurrence struct --> DarwinCore Occurrence Struct
OccurrenceAssociatedMedia string_  
OccurrenceAssociatedOccurrences string_  
OccurrenceAssociatedReferences string_  
OccurrenceAssociatedSequences string_  
OccurrenceAssociatedTaxa string_  
OccurrenceBehavior string_  
OccurrenceCatalogNumber string_  
OccurrenceDegreeOfEstablishment string_  
OccurrenceDisposition string_  
OccurrenceEstablishmentMeans string_  
OccurrenceGeoreferenceVerificationStatus string_  
OccurrenceIndividualCount string_  
OccurrenceIndividualID string_  
OccurrenceLifeStage string_  
OccurrenceDetails string_ (OccurrenceOccurrenceDetails)
OccurrenceID string_ (OccurrenceOccurrenceID)
OccurrenceRemarks string_ (OccurrenceOccurrenceRemarks)
OccurrenceStatus string_ (OccurrenceOccurrenceStatus)
OccurrenceOrganismQuantity string_  
OccurrenceOrganismQuantityType string_  
OccurrenceOtherCatalogNumbers string_  
OccurrencePathway string_  
OccurrencePreparations string_  
OccurrencePreviousIdentifications string_  
OccurrenceRecordedBy string_  
OccurrenceRecordedByID string_  
OccurrenceRecordNumber string_  
OccurrenceReproductiveCondition string_  
OccurrenceSex string_  
Organism struct --> DarwinCore Organism Struct
OrganismAssociatedOccurrences string_  
OrganismAssociatedOrganisms string_  
OrganismID string_ (OrganismOrganismID)
OrganismName string_ (OrganismOrganismName)
OrganismRemarks string_ (OrganismOrganismRemarks)
OrganismScope string_ (OrganismOrganismScope)
OrganismPreviousIdentifications string_  
PreservedSpecimen struct --> DarwinCore MaterialSample Struct
PreservedSpecimenMaterialSampleID string_  
Record struct --> DarwinCore Record Struct
RecordBasisOfRecord string_  
RecordCollectionCode string_  
RecordCollectionID string_  
RecordDataGeneralizations string_  
RecordDatasetID string_  
RecordDatasetName string_  
RecordDynamicProperties string_  
RecordInformationWithheld string_  
RecordInstitutionCode string_  
RecordInstitutionID string_  
RecordOwnerInstitutionCode string_  
ResourceRelationship struct --> DarwinCore ResourceRelationship Struct
RelatedResourceID string_ (ResourceRelationshipRelatedResourceID)
RelationshipAccordingTo string_ (ResourceRelationshipRelationshipAccordingTo)
RelationshipEstablishedDate date_ (ResourceRelationshipRelationshipEstablishedDate)
RelationshipOfResource string_ (ResourceRelationshipRelationshipOfResource)
RelationshipOfResourceID string_ (ResourceRelationshipRelationshipOfResourceID)
RelationshipRemarks string_ (ResourceRelationshipRelationshipRemarks)
ResourceID string_ (ResourceRelationshipResourceID)
ResourceRelationshipID string_ (ResourceRelationshipResourceRelationshipID)
Taxon struct --> DarwinCore Taxon Struct
TaxonAcceptedNameUsage string_  
TaxonAcceptedNameUsageID string_  
TaxonClass string_  
TaxonCultivarEpithet string_  
TaxonFamily string_  
TaxonGenus string_  
TaxonHigherClassification string_  
TaxonInfraspecificEpithet string_  
TaxonKingdom string_  
TaxonNameAccordingTo string_  
TaxonNameAccordingToID string_  
TaxonNamePublishedIn string_  
TaxonNamePublishedInID string_  
TaxonNamePublishedInYear string_  
TaxonNomenclaturalCode string_  
TaxonNomenclaturalStatus string_  
TaxonOrder string_  
TaxonOriginalNameUsage string_  
TaxonOriginalNameUsageID string_  
TaxonParentNameUsage string_  
TaxonParentNameUsageID string_  
TaxonPhylum string_  
TaxonScientificName string_  
TaxonScientificNameAuthorship string_  
TaxonScientificNameID string_  
TaxonSpecificEpithet string_  
TaxonSubgenus string_  
TaxonConceptID string_ (TaxonTaxonConceptID)
TaxonID string_ (TaxonTaxonID)
TaxonTaxonomicStatus string_  
TaxonRank string_ (TaxonTaxonRank)
TaxonRemarks string_ (TaxonTaxonRemarks)
TaxonVerbatimTaxonRank string_  
TaxonVernacularName lang-alt_  

DarwinCore DCTermsLocation Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
Continent string  
CoordinatePrecision string  
CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters string  
Country string  
CountryCode string  
County string  
DecimalLatitude string  
DecimalLongitude string  
FootprintSRS string  
FootprintSpatialFit string  
FootprintWKT string  
GeodeticDatum string  
GeoreferenceProtocol string  
GeoreferenceRemarks string  
GeoreferenceSources string  
GeoreferenceVerificationStatus string  
GeoreferencedBy string  
GeoreferencedDate string  
HigherGeography string  
HigherGeographyID string  
Island string  
IslandGroup string  
Locality string  
LocationAccordingTo string  
LocationID string  
LocationRemarks string  
MaximumDepthInMeters string  
MaximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters string  
MaximumElevationInMeters string  
MinimumDepthInMeters string  
MinimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters string  
MinimumElevationInMeters string  
Municipality string  
PointRadiusSpatialFit string  
StateProvince string  
VerbatimCoordinateSystem string  
VerbatimCoordinates string  
VerbatimDepth string  
VerbatimElevation string  
VerbatimLatitude string  
VerbatimLocality string  
VerbatimLongitude string  
VerbatimSRS string  
VerticalDatum string  
WaterBody string  

DarwinCore Event Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
Day integer  
EarliestDate date  
EndDayOfYear integer  
EventDate date  
EventID string (avoided in favor of XMP-iptcExt:EventID)
EventRemarks lang-alt  
EventTime string  
FieldNotes string  
FieldNumber string  
Habitat string  
LatestDate date  
Month integer  
ParentEventID string  
SampleSizeUnit string  
SampleSizeValue string  
SamplingEffort string  
SamplingProtocol string  
StartDayOfYear integer  
VerbatimEventDate string  
Year integer  

DarwinCore MaterialSample Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
MaterialSampleID string  

DarwinCore GeologicalContext Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
Bed string  
EarliestAgeOrLowestStage string  
EarliestEonOrLowestEonothem string  
EarliestEpochOrLowestSeries string  
EarliestEraOrLowestErathem string  
EarliestPeriodOrLowestSystem string  
Formation string  
GeologicalContextID string  
Group string  
HighestBiostratigraphicZone string  
LatestAgeOrHighestStage string  
LatestEonOrHighestEonothem string  
LatestEpochOrHighestSeries string  
LatestEraOrHighestErathem string  
LatestPeriodOrHighestSystem string  
LithostratigraphicTerms string  
LowestBiostratigraphicZone string  
Member string  

DarwinCore Identification Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
DateIdentified date  
IdentificationID string  
IdentificationQualifier string  
IdentificationReferences string  
IdentificationRemarks string  
IdentificationVerificationStatus string  
IdentifiedBy string  
IdentifiedByID string  
TypeStatus string  
VerbatimIdentification string  

DarwinCore MeasurementOrFact Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
MeasurementAccuracy string  
MeasurementDeterminedBy string  
MeasurementDeterminedDate date  
MeasurementID string  
MeasurementMethod string  
MeasurementRemarks string  
MeasurementType string  
MeasurementUnit string  
MeasurementValue string  

DarwinCore Occurrence Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
AssociatedMedia string  
AssociatedOccurrences string  
AssociatedReferences string  
AssociatedSequences string  
AssociatedTaxa string  
Behavior string  
CatalogNumber string  
DegreeOfEstablishment string  
Disposition string  
EstablishmentMeans string  
GeoreferenceVerificationStatus string  
IndividualCount string  
IndividualID string  
LifeStage string  
OccurrenceDetails string  
OccurrenceID string  
OccurrenceRemarks string  
OccurrenceStatus string  
OrganismQuantity string  
OrganismQuantityType string  
OtherCatalogNumbers string  
Pathway string  
Preparations string  
PreviousIdentifications string  
RecordNumber string  
RecordedBy string  
RecordedByID string  
ReproductiveCondition string  
Sex string  

DarwinCore Organism Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
AssociatedOccurrences string  
AssociatedOrganisms string  
OrganismID string  
OrganismName string  
OrganismRemarks string  
OrganismScope string  
PreviousIdentifications string  

DarwinCore Record Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
BasisOfRecord string  
CollectionCode string  
CollectionID string  
DataGeneralizations string  
DatasetID string  
DatasetName string  
DynamicProperties string  
InformationWithheld string  
InstitutionCode string  
InstitutionID string  
OwnerInstitutionCode string  

DarwinCore ResourceRelationship Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
RelatedResourceID string  
RelationshipAccordingTo string  
RelationshipEstablishedDate date  
RelationshipOfResource string  
RelationshipOfResourceID string  
RelationshipRemarks string  
ResourceID string  
ResourceRelationshipID string  

DarwinCore Taxon Struct

Field Name WritableValues / Notes
AcceptedNameUsage string  
AcceptedNameUsageID string  
Class string  
CultivarEpithet string  
Family string  
Genus string  
HigherClassification string  
InfraspecificEpithet string  
Kingdom string  
NameAccordingTo string  
NameAccordingToID string  
NamePublishedIn string  
NamePublishedInID string  
NamePublishedInYear string  
NomenclaturalCode string  
NomenclaturalStatus string  
Order string  
OriginalNameUsage string  
OriginalNameUsageID string  
ParentNameUsage string  
ParentNameUsageID string  
Phylum string  
ScientificName string  
ScientificNameAuthorship string  
ScientificNameID string  
SpecificEpithet string  
Subgenus string  
TaxonConceptID string  
TaxonID string  
TaxonRank string  
TaxonRemarks string  
TaxonomicStatus string  
VerbatimTaxonRank string  
VernacularName lang-alt  
(This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup)
Last revised Jul 21, 2022

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