Export — Biodiversity

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GBIF / IPT Darwin Core Archive Export

Generates a strict Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) zip package suitable for IPT submission and GBIF review. Internal-only fields are remapped to accepted DwC terms or packed into dynamicProperties. Formal GBIF publication still requires completing eml.xml placeholders and IPT registration.

Latest Export Package

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Package Contents

occurrence.csv — 30-column DwC/GBIF occurrence records
meta.xml — DwC-A descriptor with term URIs
eml.xml — EML 2.1.1 metadata (complete TODOs before submitting)
validation_report.json — field coverage and QC checks
export_manifest.json — provenance and field mapping summary
DATA_NOTES.txt — plain-language notes on non-obvious fields (e.g. organismQuantity means something different per source)

Reads current DB records (or master CSV if DB unavailable). ~30 s.

Field mapping — internal → DwC-A

Internal field	DwC-A output	Rationale
`sourceURL`	`references` (dcterms)	URL of the source platform record
`sourceRecordID`	`dynamicProperties`	Platform ID — not a DwC term
`qualityGrade`	`dynamicProperties`	iNaturalist-specific flag
`vitality`	`dynamicProperties`	TreeKeeper tree health
`iucnRedListCategory`	passthrough (GBIF term)	IUCN enrichment — not core DwC, but GBIF defines its own term for it

Before formal GBIF submission: open eml.xml, replace PLACEHOLDER_CONTACT_EMAIL, fill in <resourceLogoUrl>, confirm CC-BY 4.0 with your institution, and register via IPT.

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Research Data Export — by Source

Downloads a zip of pipeline outputs for one or all data sources. Includes the standardized CSV, extended CSV, QC exclusion logs, and the most recent run manifest. All 31 internal fields are preserved — this is a research/internal format, not a GBIF publication format.

Source	Standardized CSV	Extended CSV	QC logs	Run manifest
iNaturalist community observations	✓	✓ (+9 annotation cols)	✓	✓
eBird bird occurrence records	✓	✓ (+6 or +19 cols)	✓	✓
TreeKeeper campus tree/shrub inventory	✓	✓ (+11 horticultural cols)	✓	✓
External researcher uploads	✓	✓ (+11 upload-provenance cols)	✓	✓

Raw API dump files are stored on the server under raw/{source}/ and are not bundled here due to variable file sizes.

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Filtered Occurrence Export

Filter the combined occurrence dataset and download a subset as CSV (31-column research format, all sources combined) or GeoJSON (geolocated records only). All filters use parameterized SQL queries — no arbitrary SQL is accepted. Leave all fields blank to download the full dataset.

Source

Kingdom

Basis of record

IUCN Category

Establishment

Vitality (iNaturalist)

Quality grade

Scientific name (substring)

Common name (substring)

Genus (substring)

Family (substring)

Date from

Date to

CSV includes all 31 internal fields (research format). GeoJSON includes only records with coordinates.