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Data Standards
Darwin Core

Darwin Core is a glossary of terms (in other contexts these might be called properties, elements, fields, columns, attributes, or concepts) intended to facilitate the sharing of information about biological diversity by providing identifiers, labels, and definitions. Darwin Core is primarily based on taxa, their occurrence in nature as documented by observations, specimens, samples, and related information.

Citation: Darwin Core Maintenance Group. 2021. List of Darwin Core terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/list/

Mineralogical Collections Extension to Darwin Core

The Mineralogy Extension is an enchancement to the Darwin Core standard that extends its current scope to include mineralogical collections.

Citation: Pending

Chronometric Age Extension to Darwin Core

The Chronometric Age extension is a standard vocabulary maintained by the Darwin Core Maintenance Interest Group. It includes a glossary of terms (in other contexts these might be called properties, elements, fields, columns, attributes, or concepts) intended to facilitate the sharing of information about chronometric ages and the techniques used to determine them by providing identifiers, labels, and definitions.

Citation: Brenskelle L, Davis E, Wieczorek J, Lefebvre M, Wallis N, Emery K, Guralnick R (in prep) It’s Time For Better Reporting of Absolute Age In Species Occurrence Databases.

Vocabularies (Value Domains)
Constituent Part Roles
Modes of Occurrence
Proportion Terms
Statisitical Uncertainty Type
Geological Sampling Feature Types
Constituent Part Types
Hazard Types
Mineralogical Analysis Protocols
Chronometric Age Dating Techniques
Sample/Specimen Curation Status
Sample/Specimen Condition
Geological Event Environments
Lusters
Type Status
Habits
Licenses
Geological Material Name Types
Specimen Nomenclature Publication Status

Vocabulary Registries*

Note: The publication practices of the registries listed above conform to the set of requirements specified in the VocPub Profile - Specification. For example, all terms in a vocabulary must include a unambiguous definition. The list is by no means the only registries in the geosciences domain that conform to this set of requirements, but all do.

Classification Systems
Dana Classification System
Hey's Mineral Index
Nickel-Strunz
Strunz-mindat
Geologic Timescales
Land Mammal Ages
  • African Land Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 65.5 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Australian Land Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 35 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Cretaceous North American Land-Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 83.6 - 66 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • European Land Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 66.5 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Mammal Paleogene Zones
    Temporal Coverage: 59.24 - 23 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Neogene Mammal Ages of China
    Temporal Coverage: 23.04 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • North American Land Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 66 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • North American Mammal Subages/Zones
    Temporal Coverage: 66 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Paleogene Mammal Ages of Asia
    Temporal Coverage: 59.24 - 23 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • South American Land Mammal Ages
    Temporal Coverage: 66 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
Regional Timescales
  • Australia Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 511.5 - 0.99 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Baltoscania Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 485.37 - 419.2 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Boreal Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 163.06 - 137.27 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Britain Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 163.06 - 137.27 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • California Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 62.07 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Cambrian of Australia
    Temporal Coverage: 511.2 - 486 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of Britain
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 486 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of China
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 486 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of Kazakhstan
    Temporal Coverage: 525.5 - 477 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 486 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of Siberia
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 485 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cambrian of West Avalonia
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 495 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Carbo-Permian of the Russian Platform
    Temporal Coverage: 358.86 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Carboniferous of China
    Temporal Coverage: 358.86 - 300 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Carboniferous of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 358.86 - 293 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Carboniferous of Western Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 358.86 - 297 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cenozoic Subepochs of Southern Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 0.774 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand
    Temporal Coverage: 143.1 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Devonian of Czechoslovakia
    Temporal Coverage: 419.62 - 382 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Devonian of Eastern North America
    Temporal Coverage: 419.62 - 358 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Devonian of France
    Temporal Coverage: 419.62 - 358 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Devonian of Germany
    Temporal Coverage: 419.62 - 358 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • East Avalonian Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 525.5 - 478.6 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • European Faunal Units
    Temporal Coverage: 23.04 - 1 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Iberian-Morocco Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 536.6 - 485.37 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Japan Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 145.01 - 0.77 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Kazakhstan Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 525.5 - 482.19 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • N-E Siberia Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 358.94 - 295.5 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • New Zealand Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • North America Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 66.04 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • North American Regional
    Temporal Coverage: 850 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • North China Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 486.23 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Obsolete Carboniferous Ages of China
    Temporal Coverage: 305.8 - 298 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of Australia
    Temporal Coverage: 486.85 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of Britain
    Temporal Coverage: 486.4 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of China
    Temporal Coverage: 486.85 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of Ibero-Bohemia
    Temporal Coverage: 486.85 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 488.9 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ordovician of the Baltic
    Temporal Coverage: 486.85 - 443 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of China
    Temporal Coverage: 300.1 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 298.9 - 259 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of the Pamirs
    Temporal Coverage: 298.9 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of the Russian Platform
    Temporal Coverage: 298.9 - 256 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of the Salt Range
    Temporal Coverage: 271.8 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian of Western Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 298.9 - 254 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian Subages of Germany
    Temporal Coverage: 266.9 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permian-Jurassic of New Zealand
    Temporal Coverage: 288.5 - 143 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Permo-Triassic Subages of Eastern Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 274.4 - 246 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Precambrian of Russia
    Temporal Coverage: 1400 - 538 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Russia Platform Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 137.39 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Russian Epochs
    Temporal Coverage: 600 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Russian Platform Regional Stages
    Temporal Coverage: 360 - 251 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Russian Precambrian Eons
    Temporal Coverage: 4000 - 600 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Russian Precambrian Eras
    Temporal Coverage: 3200 - 600 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Russian Stages
    Temporal Coverage: 538 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Siberian Regional
    Temporal Coverage: 600 - 297 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Silurian Ages of Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 430.6 - 426 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Silurian of England
    Temporal Coverage: 443.1 - 419 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Silurian of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 443.1 - 419 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Silurian of the Baltic
    Temporal Coverage: 443.1 - 419 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • South China Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 145.01 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Tethyan Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 303.4 - 248.54 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • West Europe Regional Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 541 - 66.04 Ma
    Publisher: https://github.com/xgmachina/DeepTimeKB
  • Western Europe Regional
    Temporal Coverage: 362 - 274 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
Magnetostratigraphic Units
  • Ammonite Chrons of North America
    Temporal Coverage: 201.4 - 168 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Ammonite Chrons of Northwest Europe
    Temporal Coverage: 201.4 - 168 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Geomagnetic Polarity Chrons
    Temporal Coverage: 171.6 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Geomagnetic Polarity Timescale From Marine Magnetic Anomalies
    Temporal Coverage: 157.53 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Christian Heine, PaleoEarthLabs.org
Biostratigraphic Units
  • Ammonite Zonation - Boreal
    Temporal Coverage: 252 - 97 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Ammonite Zonation - Western Interior
    Temporal Coverage: 100 - 68 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Calcareous Nannoplankton Zones
    Temporal Coverage: 201.25 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Conodont Zonation
    Temporal Coverage: 485 - 201 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Cretaceous Planktic foraminifer zonations
    Temporal Coverage: 141 - 65 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • European Faunal Zones
    Temporal Coverage: 23.04 - 1 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Low Latitude Radiolarian Zonation
    Temporal Coverage: 60 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Neogene North Pacific Diatom Biochronology
    Temporal Coverage: 24 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Planktic foraminiferal datums
    Temporal Coverage: 59 - 56 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
  • Planktic Foraminiferal Zones
    Temporal Coverage: 134.9 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Trilobite Zonation - Laurentia
    Temporal Coverage: 524 - 484 Ma
    Publisher: Macrostrat (https://macrostrat.org)
Global Timescales
  • Cambrian Epochs
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 486 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Carboniferous Subepochs
    Temporal Coverage: 358.86 - 298 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cenozoic Subepochs
    Temporal Coverage: 66 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Cretaceous Subepochs
    Temporal Coverage: 143.1 - 66 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Devonian Subages
    Temporal Coverage: 419.62 - 358 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Geologic Time Scale 2020
    Temporal Coverage: 4567 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • International Chronostratigraphic Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4567 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: International Commission on Stratigraphy
  • International Stages With Holocene
    Temporal Coverage: 538.8 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
  • Mesozoic Subages
    Temporal Coverage: 251.902 - 66 Ma
    Publisher: Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org)
Planetary Timescales
  • Lunar Geologic Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4360 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Martian Geologic Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4600 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Martian Mineralogical Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4568 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Mercurial Geologic Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4568 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)
  • Venusian Geologic Timescale
    Temporal Coverage: 4560 - 0 Ma
    Publisher: GeoSpecimens.org (https://geoapis.io)