| Definition | An identifier for the set of data. It may be a global unique identifier, or an identifier specific to a collection or institution. | The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s), or information referred to in the record. | The name, acronym, code, or initials to identify the collection or data set from which the record was derived. | An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection. | The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs. | The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs. | Nine major regions of Japan in which the Location occurs. | The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs. | The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the Location occurs. | The specific description of the place. | The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. | The upper limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. | The original description of the elevation (altitude, usually above sea level) of the Location. | The geographic latitude of the geographic center of a Location in decimal. | The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a Location in decimal. | The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial
reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude as based. | The horizontal distance (in meters) from
the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest
circle containing the whole of the Location. | The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. | The age class or life stage of the biological individual(s) at the time the Occurrence was recorded. | A list of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. | Recommended best practice to use the standard label of one of the Darwin Core classes. | A common or vernacular name. | The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified. | The name of the first or species epithet of the scientificName. | The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of the scientificName,
excluding any rank designation. | The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode. | The four-digit year in which the scientificName was published. | The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified. | The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified. | The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified. | The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified. | Name of family in Japanese. | The name of the subfamily in which the taxon is classified. | Name of subfamily in Japanese. |