Theme Facet name Description Darwin Core Term or link to additional information Index field
Taxonomic Scientific Name The scientific name that ALA has matched this record to in the NSL. http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#scientificName taxon_name
Scientific Name (unprocessed) Original scientific name supplied with the record http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#scientificName raw_taxon_name
Subspecies The subspecies the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL subspecies_name
Genus The genus the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#genus genus_guid
Family The family the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#family family
Order The order the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#order order
Class The class the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#class class
Phylum The phylum the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#phylum phylum
Kingdom The kingdom the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#kingdom kingdom
Lifeform User friendly taxonomic groups to which this record belongs. Eg Animal, Bird species_group
Identified to rank The taxonomic rank the ALA has matched this record to in the NSL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#taxonRank rank
Species Interaction How this species interacts with another species. interaction
Geospatial Spatial Uncertainty (m) Estimated error radius around the occurrence location http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#coordinateUncertaintyInMeters uncertainty
State Conservation (unprocessed) The state conservation status for the matched species using the State's conservation vocabulary. raw_state_conservation
LGA Boundaries The local government area matching the supplied coordinates http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality places
Australian States and Territories  The state or territory matching the supplied coordinates http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince state
Country Boundaries  The country where the specimen was collected or observation was made http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#country country
IBRA Regions The IBRA region matching the supplied coordinates http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/bioregion-framework/ibra/index.html ibra
IMCRA Regions The IMCRA region matching the supplied coordinates http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/imcra/index.html imcra
Dynamic Land Cover Land cover classes estimated from 250m MODIS satellite data http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/dlcdd9abll078/dlccd9abll0781011a/DLCDv1Overview_1.0.0.pdf
Vegetation types - native Estimated pre-European vegetation groups http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/vegetation/pubs/native_vegetation/nat_veg_preeuropean.html cl617
Vegetation types - present Current major vegetation groups http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/vegetation/pubs/native_vegetation/nat_veg_veggroups.html cl620
Temporal Month Month of observation, specimen collection date. http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#month month
Year Year of observation, specimen collection date. http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#year year
Record Details Record Type The basis of record e.g. Specimen, Observation http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#basisOfRecord basis_of_record
Specimen Type http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/typeStatus type_status
Collector http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy collector
Attribution Dataset The data resource to which this record belongs data_resource_uid
Data Provider The data provider to which this record belongs data_provider_uid
Collection The collection name for this record. This will be populated if the data has come from a museum or herbaria No DwC term applicable - our UIDs should NOT be considered global identifiers for the collections collection_uid
Institution The institution name for this record. This will be populated if the data has come from a museum or herbaria No DwC term applicable - our UIDs should NOT be considered global identifiers for the institution institution_uid
provenance
Record Assertions Record Issues Potential issues with the record that were identified by ALA. No DwC term applicable assertions