Symbiota (the software powering SCAN) uses the Darwin Core schema to store specimen records in a database. Insect collections that use spreadsheets and some databases typically do not follow Darwin Core term standards when transcribing specimen label data, so we need to map the original field or column names to respective Darwin Core terms in order to upload. Below are links to the official Darwin Core reference material, a description of how Symbiota implements Darwin Core and a spreadsheet with some example mappings used by various SCAN collections.
Pages on this Website:
Glossary of Darwin Core Fields Darwin Core Fields (DwC)
GBIF DwC Documentation DwC and GBIF
External Websites:
TDWG documentation for Darwin Core (DwC) terms Darwin Core Reference
Darwin Core terms used by Symbiota Symbiota and Darwin Core
Downloadable Reference Files: This Excel file includes all of the DwC and non-DwC fields that we use Symbiota_Fields_DwC_GBIF_iDigBio_2018
