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0);"><span data-identifyelement="499" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="500" dir="ltr">Jump to section:</strong></span></span></span></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="501"><td data-identifyelement="502" style="width: 100%; font-size: 14px;"><ul data-identifyelement="503"><li data-identifyelement="493"><span data-identifyelement="510" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="512" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="513" dir="ltr"></a><a data-identifyelement="494" dir="ltr" href="#datasets">Datasets</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="509" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="510" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="512" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="513" dir="ltr" href="#why-share-data">Why share data?</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="514" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="515" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="517" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="495" href="#5-step-process">Sharing a dataset with ALA is a five-step process</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="518" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="519" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="521" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="496" href="#formatting">How should a dataset be formatted?</a></span></span><ul data-identifyelement="522"><li data-identifyelement="523" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="524" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="526" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="497" href="#darwin-core-format">Darwin Core format</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="527" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="528" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="530" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="498" href="#why-darwin-core">Why Darwin Core?</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="531" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="532" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="534" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="499" href="#minimum-fields">What are the minimum required fields needed?</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="535" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="536" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="538" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="500" href="#other-fields">What other fields should be supplied?</a></span></span></li></ul></li><li data-identifyelement="539" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="540" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="542" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="501" href="#metadata">Metadata</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="543" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="544" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="546" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="502" href="#sharing-a-dataset">Sharing a dataset with us</a></span></span><ul data-identifyelement="547"><li data-identifyelement="548" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="549" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="551" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. <a data-identifyelement="503" dir="ltr" href="#download-template">Download a Darwin Core file template</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="552" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="553" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="555" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. <a data-identifyelement="504" dir="ltr" href="#format-dataset">Format the dataset using the template</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="556" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="557" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="559" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. <a data-identifyelement="505" dir="ltr" href="#include-metadata">Include metadata</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="560" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="561" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="563" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. <a data-identifyelement="506" dir="ltr" href="#create-archive">Create a Darwin Core Archive</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="564" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="565" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="567" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. <a data-identifyelement="507" dir="ltr" href="#send-data">Send data</a></span></span></li></ul></li><li data-identifyelement="568" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="569" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="571" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="508" href="#faq">Frequently asked questions</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="572" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="573" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="575" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="509" href="#more-info">More information</a></span></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="576" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="577" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="578" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="579" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="580"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="581" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="582" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="583" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="584" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="585"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="586" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 107%; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="587" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="588" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="589" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="590" style="line-height: 107%;">Looking for how to submit just an <strong data-identifyelement="591"><em data-identifyelement="592">individual sighting </em></strong>or a<em data-identifyelement="593"> <strong data-identifyelement="594">handful of sightings</strong></em>?</span></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="595" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 107%; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="596" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="597" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="598" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="599" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 107%;">See our article on </span><a data-identifyelement="600" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261577-citizen-science"><span data-identifyelement="601" style="line-height: 107%;">Citizen Science</span></a><span data-identifyelement="602" style="line-height: 107%;">.</span></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="603" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="604" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="605" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="606" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="607" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="608" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="609" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="610" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="611"></span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="612" id="datasets" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="613" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="614" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="615" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="616">Datasets</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="617" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="618" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="619" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="620" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="621">If you already have a <strong data-identifyelement="622"><em data-identifyelement="623" dir="ltr">dataset</em></strong><em data-identifyelement="624"> </em>of species sightings, particularly ones that have been collected using a systematic method, it can be more convenient to submit them as a dataset, rather than individually<a href="#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1" dir="ltr" data-identifyelement="625"></a>.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="626" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="627" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="628" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="629" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="630"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="631" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="632" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="633" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="634" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Datasets may be one-off and complete, or, with regular and recurring updates.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="635" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="636" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="637" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="638" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="639"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="640" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="641" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="642" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="643" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See below for more information about <strong data-identifyelement="644" dir="ltr">how you can prepare and submit datasets to the ALA using our accepted format.</strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="645" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="646" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="647" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="648" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="649"><br data-identifyelement="650"><br data-identifyelement="651"></span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="652" dir="ltr" id="why-share-data" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="653" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="654" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="656" dir="ltr">Why share data?</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="657" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="658" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="659" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="660" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="661">The ALA itself does not generate or own any biodiversity data. We <em data-identifyelement="662">support</em> biodiversity and conservation analysis by aggregating data provider contributions, and subsequent data processing and indexing to make data openly searchable and reusable.<br data-identifyelement="663"><br data-identifyelement="664"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="665" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="666" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="667" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="668" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="669">By sharing biodiversity data, data providers increase the pool of accessible information for research, monitoring, and reporting on the state of Australian biodiversity</strong>. Easily accessed and quality data are able to better support research and evidence-based decision-making by conservation and management authorities.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="670" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="671" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="672" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="673" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="674">When data providers share their data with the ALA, they:</span></span></span></p><ul data-identifyelement="675" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="disc"><li data-identifyelement="676" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="677" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="678" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="679" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain increased visibility of their activities, resources, and expertise</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="680" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="681" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="682" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="683" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain an opportunity to collaborate. As their datasets are made discoverable via the ALA, other individuals and organisations that are interested in the same target species and locations can find these groups and potentially collaborate on future projects</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="684" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="685" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="686" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="687" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are able to receive feedback and advice. Other ALA users can comment on the data, (and vice versa) - helping improve the quality of data available</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="688" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="689" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="690" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="691" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Benefit from the ALA’s data processing pipeline which augments data with valuable standardising taxonomic, spatial, and data quality assessment values</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="692" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="693" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="694" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="695" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visualise and analyse data against other variables using ALA’s spatial tools.</span></span></span></li></ul><p data-identifyelement="696" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="697" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="698" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="699" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br data-identifyelement="700"><br data-identifyelement="701"></span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="702" dir="ltr" id="5-step-process" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="703" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="704" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="705" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="706" dir="ltr">Sharing a dataset with ALA is a five-step process:</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="707" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="708" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="709" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="710" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="711"></span></span></span></p><ol data-identifyelement="712" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="713" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="714" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="715" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="716" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="717" dir="ltr">Download our template</strong></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="718" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="719" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="720" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="721" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="722">Format the dataset </strong></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="723" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="724" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="725" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="726" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="727" dir="ltr">Include metadata </strong></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="728" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="729" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="730" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="731" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="732">Package files</strong></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="733" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="734" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="735" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="736" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="737" dir="ltr">Send to ALA</strong></span></span></span></li></ol><p data-identifyelement="738" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="739" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="740" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="741" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="742"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="743" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="744" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="745" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="746" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="747" dir="ltr"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/6172551459/original/UtcomuXnX_-x79iaK9aDtPblOhNhEafX6A.png?1677120334" style="width: auto;" class="fr-fil fr-dib" data-attachment="[object Object]" data-id="6172551459" alt="five orange circles from left to right, numbered 1-5 with white text in each Arrows point from 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and so on. Text reads: 1. download template, 2. format dataset, 3. include metadata, 4. package into DwC-A, 5. send data" data-identifyelement="748"></strong></span></span></span></p><div data-identifyelement="749" id="_com_1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><h2 data-identifyelement="750" id="formatting" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="753" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="754" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="755" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="756" dir="ltr">How should a dataset be formatted?</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="757" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="758" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="759" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="760" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="761"><br data-identifyelement="762"></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="763" dir="ltr" id="darwin-core-format" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="764" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="765" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="766" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="767">Darwin Core format</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="768" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="769"><span data-identifyelement="770" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="771" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="772" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Darwin Core format describes how to format biodiversity data in a table using accepted standard column names in plain text.<br data-identifyelement="773"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="774" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="775" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="776" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="777" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Darwin Core fields include information about the <em data-identifyelement="778">what</em>, <em data-identifyelement="779">where</em>, and <em data-identifyelement="780">how </em>of a species sighting. For example, the <strong data-identifyelement="781">species name</strong> (<em data-identifyelement="782">what</em> species was observed), <strong data-identifyelement="783">location information</strong> (<em data-identifyelement="784">where</em> the species was observed), and the <strong data-identifyelement="785">basis of record</strong> (<em data-identifyelement="786">how</em> the species was observed). </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="787" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="788" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="789" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="790" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="791"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="792" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="793" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="794" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="795" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="796">Files</em> in Darwin Core format are delivered by zipping up the tabular data files into a Darwin Core <em data-identifyelement="797">Archive</em>, along with some metadata files (additional valuable information - or “data about the base data”).<br data-identifyelement="798"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="799" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="800" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="801" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="802" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="803"><br data-identifyelement="804"></span></span></span></p><table data-identifyelement="805" style="width: 100%;"><tbody data-identifyelement="806"><tr data-identifyelement="807"><td data-identifyelement="808" dir="ltr" style="width: 100%; background-color: rgb(196, 77, 52); font-size: 14px;"><div data-identifyelement="809" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><br data-identifyelement="510"><span data-identifyelement="810" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="811" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-identifyelement="812" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">    ALA’s preferred data format is the <strong data-identifyelement="813">Darwin Core Archive. </strong><strong data-identifyelement="814">We don't accept occurrence data in non-tabular formats like PDF or Word documents</strong>.    </span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="511"><br data-identifyelement="512"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="815" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="816" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="817" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="818" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="819"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="820" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="821" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="822" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="823" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="824" id="why-darwin-core" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="825" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="826" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="827" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="828">Why Darwin Core?</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="829" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="830" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="831" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="832" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="833"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="834" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="835" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="836" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="837" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Darwin Core standard provides very clear guidance for how to specify taxonomy, dates, and locations in biodiversity records. The benefit of having data from multiple providers structured the same way, or “standardised” – is that they can be combined, processed, and analysed at scale. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="838" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="839" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="840" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="841" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="842" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="843" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="844" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="845" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To demonstrate, an occurrence record might contain the following fields (see below) which are defined by the Darwin Core standard. </span></span></span></p><div data-identifyelement="846" id="_com_1" style="font-size: 14px;"><p data-identifyelement="847" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="848" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="849" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="850" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="#_msoanchor_1" data-identifyelement="851"></a><br data-identifyelement="852"></span></span></span></p><table data-identifyelement="853" style="width: 100%;"><tbody data-identifyelement="854"><tr data-identifyelement="855"><td data-identifyelement="856" style="width: 100%; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="513"><span data-identifyelement="857" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="858" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="859" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="860" dir="ltr">occurrenceID </strong>= An identifier for the occurrence (as opposed to a particular digital record of the occurrence). In the absence of a persistent global unique identifier, one is constructed from<a href="#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1" dir="ltr" data-identifyelement="861"></a> a combination of identifiers in the record that will most closely make the occurrenceID globally unique.<br data-identifyelement="862"></span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="514"><span data-identifyelement="864" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="865" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="866" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="867" dir="ltr">basisOfRecord</strong> = The specific nature of the data record. Recommended best practice is to use the standard label of one of the Darwin Core classes, e.g. PreservedSpecimen, LivingSpecimen, HumanObservation, MachineObservation.</span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="515"><span data-identifyelement="869" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="870" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="871" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="872"><strong data-identifyelement="873" dir="ltr">decimalLatitude </strong>= The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic centre of a Location. Positive values are north of the equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.</span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="516"><span data-identifyelement="875" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="876" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="877" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="878"><strong data-identifyelement="879" dir="ltr">scientificName</strong> = The full scientific name (with authorship and date information if known). When forming part of an identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be possibly determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the IdentificationQualifier term.</span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="517"><br data-identifyelement="518"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p data-identifyelement="880" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="881"><span data-identifyelement="882" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="883" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="884" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="885"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="886" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="887" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="888" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="889" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Darwin Core standard overall is maintained by the international body the <a data-identifyelement="890" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/">Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG).</a> This means that the terms and definitions are arrived at via a broad community consensus; and are published, versioned and freely available. For more information about how Darwin Core standards are implemented by the ALA, see our <a data-identifyelement="891" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261573-ala-data-standards">ALA Data Standards</a> article.<br data-identifyelement="892"><br data-identifyelement="893"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="894" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="895" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="896" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="897" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA <strong data-identifyelement="898">requires a handful of Darwin Core fields to be completed</strong> for an occurrence record to be accepted, and other fields are optional - but strongly recommended for optimum data quality ingested</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="899" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="900" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="901" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="902" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="903"><br data-identifyelement="904"> </span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="905" id="minimum-fields" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="906" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="907" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="908" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="909">What are the minimum required fields needed by the ALA for species occurrences?</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="910" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="911" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="912" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="913" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="914">The information below is<em data-identifyelement="915"> essential </em>for a species occurrence record to be included in the<a href="#_msocom_2" id="_anchor_2" name="_msoanchor_2" data-identifyelement="916"></a> ALA, our template includes all of these fields.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="910" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="519"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-identifyelement="520" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-right: calc(0%); width: 100%;" width="633"><tbody data-identifyelement="521"><tr data-identifyelement="522"><td data-identifyelement="523" style="width: 19.1961%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; background-color: rgb(196, 77, 52); vertical-align: top;" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="524" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="525"><strong data-identifyelement="526"><span data-identifyelement="527" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ALA requirement</span></strong></p><p data-identifyelement="528" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="529"></p></td><td data-identifyelement="530" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; background-color: rgb(196, 77, 52); vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="531" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="532"><strong data-identifyelement="533"><span data-identifyelement="534" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Property Description</span></strong></p><p data-identifyelement="535" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="536"></p></td><td data-identifyelement="537" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; background-color: rgb(196, 77, 52); vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="538" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="539"><strong data-identifyelement="540"><span data-identifyelement="541" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Darwin Core Field </span></strong></p><p data-identifyelement="542" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="543"></p></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="544"><td data-identifyelement="545" style="width: 19.1961%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="546" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="547" style="font-size: 14px; color: black;">Unique identifier</span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="548" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="549" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="550" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="551" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A unique record identifier must be provided in the source data set. Without this the data ingestion will fail. It’s important that these are unique within the dataset so that records can be ingested, indexed, searched and even corrected if necessary.</span> <br data-identifyelement="552"> <br data-identifyelement="553"></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="554" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="555" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="556" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="557" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:occurrenceID">occurrenceID <span data-identifyelement="558" dir="ltr" style="color: windowtext;"><br data-identifyelement="559"></span></a><span data-identifyelement="560" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OR</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="561" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="562" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="563" dir="ltr" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:catalogNumber">catalogNumber</a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="564" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><span data-identifyelement="565" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="566" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 107%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OR</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="567" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="568" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="569" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:recordNumber">recordNumber<span data-identifyelement="570" style="color: windowtext;"><br data-identifyelement="571"> </span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="572"><td data-identifyelement="573" style="width: 19.1961%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="574" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="575" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="576" style="color: black;">Basis of record</span></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="577" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="578" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="579" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I<span data-identifyelement="580" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dentifies the nature of the record. For occurrence records these values are used:</span><span data-identifyelement="581" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> PreservedSpecimen, FossilSpecimen, </span></span><span data-identifyelement="582" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="583" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="584" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LivingSpecimen, MaterialSample, </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="585" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="586" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="587" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="588" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HumanObservation, </span></span><span data-identifyelement="589" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MachineObservation</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="590" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="591" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="592" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="593" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 15pt; vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="594" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="595" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="596" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:basisOfRecord">basisOfRecord</a></span></p></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="597"><td data-identifyelement="598" style="width: 19.1961%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 25.9pt; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="599" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="600" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="601" dir="ltr" style="color: black;">Recognisable species</span></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="602" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 25.9pt; vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="603" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="604" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The scientific name of the organism, e.g. <em data-identifyelement="605">Gymnorhina tibicen</em>, and the lowest applicable taxon rank, e.g. species, genus<em data-identifyelement="606">.</em></span></p><p data-identifyelement="607" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="608" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="609" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="610" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="611" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="612" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;">The ALA will attempt to match the given taxon fields to an authoritative taxon name. See our </span><span data-identifyelement="613" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261677-taxonomy-a-species-filing-system">taxonomy</a></span><span data-identifyelement="614" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"> article for more information about how we do this.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="615" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="616"></p><p data-identifyelement="617" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><span data-identifyelement="618" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="619" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 107%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a data-identifyelement="620" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#taxon">See also the full list of Darwin Core fields relating to Taxonomy.</a></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="621" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><br data-identifyelement="622"></p></td><td data-identifyelement="623" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 25.9pt; vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="624" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="625" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="626" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:scientificName">scientificName<span data-identifyelement="627" dir="ltr" style="color: windowtext;"><br data-identifyelement="628"></span></a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="629" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="630" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="631"><td data-identifyelement="632" style="width: 19.1961%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="633" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><span data-identifyelement="634" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="635" style="line-height: 107%; color: black;">Location information</span></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="636" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="637" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="638" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We prefer that coordinates are specified in decimal degrees using these fields, along with the datum (usually WGS84 or EPSG:4326). <span data-identifyelement="639" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">If your coordinates are from a GPS system, your data's already using the WGS84 datum.</span> It’s important to specify uncertainty and give as much detail as possible about the geospatial determination. </span></p><p data-identifyelement="640" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="641" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="642" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="643" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="644" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="645" style="font-size: 14px;">There are many other ways to specify location using free text fields, e.g., “100km south of Darwin” in the locality field. The ALA will not be able to translate this to appear on maps.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="646" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="647" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br data-identifyelement="648"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="649" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="650" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="651" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;">For more information on georeferencing, see <a data-identifyelement="652" href="https://docs.gbif.org/georeferencing-best-practices/1.0/en/">Chapman & Wieczorek’s Georeferencing Best Practices (2020)</a>.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="653" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="654" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">See also the full list of <a data-identifyelement="655" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#location">Darwin Core Location fields</a>.</span></p><p data-identifyelement="656" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="657"></p></td><td data-identifyelement="658" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="659" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="660" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="661" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:decimalLatitude">decimalLatitude</a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="662" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="663" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AND</span></p><p data-identifyelement="664" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="665" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="666" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:decimalLongitude">decimalLongitude</a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="667" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="668" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AND</span></p><p data-identifyelement="669" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="670" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="671" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:geodeticDatum">geodeticDatum</a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="672" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="673" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AND </span></p><p data-identifyelement="674" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="675" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="676" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters">coordinateUncertaintyInMeters</a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="677" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="678" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AND/OR</span></p><p data-identifyelement="679" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><span data-identifyelement="680" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="681" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#location"><span data-identifyelement="682" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 107%;">other DwC location fields</span></a></span></p><p data-identifyelement="683" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="684" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr data-identifyelement="685"><td data-identifyelement="686" style="width: 19.1961%; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" width="17.851500789889414%"><p data-identifyelement="687" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:107%;"><span data-identifyelement="688" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="689" style="line-height: 107%; color: black;">Date</span></span></p></td><td data-identifyelement="690" style="width: 51.3645%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top;" width="61.29541864139021%"><p data-identifyelement="691" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="692" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="693" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Recommended best practice is to use a date that conforms to ISO 8601-1:2019, which primarily states that dates should be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD but also provides standards for specifying date and time ranges and time zones.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="694" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><br data-identifyelement="695"></p></td><td data-identifyelement="696" style="width: 29.2762%; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 32.05pt; vertical-align: top;" width="20.85308056872038%"><p data-identifyelement="697" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span data-identifyelement="698" style="font-size: 14px;"><a data-identifyelement="699" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:eventDate">eventDate</a></span></p><span data-identifyelement="700" style="font-size: 14px;"> <br data-identifyelement="701"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div data-identifyelement="702" id="_com_1"><p data-identifyelement="703"><span data-identifyelement="704" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="705" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="#_msoanchor_1" data-identifyelement="706"></a></span></span></p></div><div data-identifyelement="917" id="_com_1" style="font-size: 14px;"><p data-identifyelement="918" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="707" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="920" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="921" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="922"></span></span></span></p><div data-identifyelement="1159" id="_com_1" style="font-size: 14px;"><p data-identifyelement="1160" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="708"></p><p data-identifyelement="1160" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="709"></p></div></div></div><p data-identifyelement="1176" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="710" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1178" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1179" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1180" id="other-fields" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="711" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1182" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1183" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="1184" dir="ltr">What other fields should be supplied? (Recommended fields and additional information)</strong></span></span><strong data-identifyelement="1185"><br data-identifyelement="1186"></strong></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1187" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="712" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1189" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1190" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional information produces a higher quality record, whereby users can more easily determine its fitness for use, for example, whether it can be used for analysis, modelling, or an environmental impact assessment.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="1191"> <br data-identifyelement="1192"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1193" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="713" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1195" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1196" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The automated ALA ingestion process reviews provided data and produces a series of quality <strong data-identifyelement="1197" dir="ltr">assertions that helps users make an informed assessment as to whether to include them in their analysis or not</strong>. These assertions are used to filter out records from a user’s default view, if, for example, the ALA’s processing couldn’t determine a spatial location, find a good taxonomic match, or establish a date from the provided data. </span></span></span><span data-identifyelement="714" style="font-size: 14px;"> <br data-identifyelement="1204"> <br data-identifyelement="1205"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1206" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="715" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1208" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1209" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1210" dir="ltr">Location</strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1211" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="716" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1212"><span data-identifyelement="1214" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1215" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s important to provide as much information as possible about the spatial location of the occurrence. This <strong data-identifyelement="1216" dir="ltr">includes information about the accuracy and precision of the location and how the location was determined. </strong>For more information, see these GBIF publications:<a data-identifyelement="1217" dir="ltr" href="https://docs.gbif.org/georeferencing-quick-reference-guide/1.0/en/"> Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide</a>, <a data-identifyelement="1218" dir="ltr" href="https://docs.gbif.org/georeferencing-best-practices/1.0/en/">Georeferencing Best Practices</a>.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1219" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="717" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1220"><span data-identifyelement="1222" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1223" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA <strong data-identifyelement="1224" dir="ltr">will assume a geodeticDatum value of WGS84</strong> and attempt to re-project coordinates given in any other datum. If the provided data have been <strong data-identifyelement="1225">generalised or obfuscated for sensitivity</strong> purposes, <strong data-identifyelement="1226" dir="ltr">it’s useful if that is documented with a short explanation in the dataGeneralizations</strong> field and/or useful detail in the informationWithheld field.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="1227"> <br data-identifyelement="1228"></span></p><table data-identifyelement="1229" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 100%; border: none; empty-cells: show; cursor: default; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; width: 703px;"><tbody data-identifyelement="1230" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr data-identifyelement="1231" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><td data-identifyelement="1232" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; min-width: 5px; user-select: text; cursor: text; font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); width: 702px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><p data-identifyelement="1233" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="718" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1235" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1236" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1237" dir="ltr">Strongly recommended: </strong>geodeticDatum, coordinatePrecision, coordinateUncertaintyInMeters, stateProvince, country, locality</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1238" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="719" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1239"><span data-identifyelement="1241" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1242" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1243" dir="ltr">Share if available:</strong> dataGeneralizations, informationWithheld</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1244" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="720" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1245"><span data-identifyelement="1247" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1248" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1249" dir="ltr">Useful:</strong> verbatimLatitude, verbatimLongitude, verbatimCoordinateSystem, georeferencedBy georeferenceProtocol, georeferenceSources, georeferenceVerificationStatus</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1250" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="721" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1251"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1252" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="722" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1254" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1255" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1256" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="723" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1258" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1259" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1260" dir="ltr">Taxonomy</strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1261" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="724" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1262"><span data-identifyelement="1264" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1265" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA expects the scientificName field to be provided and will attempt to match it to names provided by </span><span data-identifyelement="1266" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian taxonomic authorities</span><span data-identifyelement="1267" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. The strongly recommended fields taxonRank and kingdom will help the matching service differentiate between homonyms across taxon groups. See our</span><span data-identifyelement="1268" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261677-taxonomy-a-species-filing-system">taxonomy</a></span><span data-identifyelement="1269" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> article for how the ALA matches taxonomic information.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1270" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="725" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1271"><span data-identifyelement="1273" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1274" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Record quality is vastly improved by demonstrating how and when a species identification was made.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1275"><span data-identifyelement="726" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1276"></span></p><table data-identifyelement="1277" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 100%; border: none; empty-cells: show; cursor: default; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; width: 703px;"><tbody data-identifyelement="1278" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr data-identifyelement="1279" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><td data-identifyelement="1280" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; min-width: 5px; user-select: text; cursor: text; font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); width: 702px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><p data-identifyelement="1281" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="727" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1283" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1284" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1285" dir="ltr">Strongly recommended:</strong> taxonRank, kingdom</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1286" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="728" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1287"><span data-identifyelement="1289" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1290" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1291" dir="ltr">Share if available</strong>: vernacular name, phylum, class, order, family, genus, identifiedBy, identifiedById, identificationVerificationStatus, identificationReferences, identificationQualifier</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1292" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="729" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1293"><span data-identifyelement="1295" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1296" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1297"></span></span></span></p><div data-identifyelement="1298" id="_com_1"><p data-identifyelement="1299" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="730" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1301" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1302" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1303" dir="ltr">Sampling or Survey Event </strong></span></span> <br data-identifyelement="1304"> <br data-identifyelement="1305"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1306" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="731" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1308" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1309" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make species observations useful in future analyses, expressing information about how a record was collected is very important. An eventId can be used to group occurrences together at a particular time using a particular methodology. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1310"><span data-identifyelement="732" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1311"></span></p><table data-identifyelement="1312" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 100%; border: none; empty-cells: show; cursor: default; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; width: 703px;"><tbody data-identifyelement="1313" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr data-identifyelement="1314" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><td data-identifyelement="1315" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; min-width: 5px; user-select: text; cursor: text; font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); width: 702px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><p data-identifyelement="1316" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="733" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1318" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1319" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1320" dir="ltr">Strongly recommended: </strong>eventId, recordedBy, samplingProtocol, occurrenceStatus, individualCount</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="1321"> <br data-identifyelement="1322"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1323" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="734" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1325" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1326" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1327" dir="ltr">Share if available: </strong>recordedById, fieldNotes, eventRemarks, samplingEffort, sampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, eventTime</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1328" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="735" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1329"><br data-identifyelement="1330"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1331" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="736" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1333" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1334" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="1335" id="metadata" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="737" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1337" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1338" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="738">Metadata</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="1339" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="739" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1341" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1342" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1343" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="740" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1345" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1346" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metadata is data <em data-identifyelement="1347">about</em> the base DarwinCore data –not the actual content of the data. Examples of metadata include information about who authored the data, when, and what sort of keywords best describe the data and their collection process.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="1348"> <br data-identifyelement="1349"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1350" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="741" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1352" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1353" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good quality metadata raises the quality of a dataset, because metadata helps make data <a data-identifyelement="1354" href="https://ardc.edu.au/resource/fair-data/">FAIR</a> – findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. This also helps end-users evaluate if the dataset, and even particular records, are fit for their purpose or require manipulation or data cleaning. For more information about this, see our <a data-identifyelement="1355" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261578-data-cleaning">Data Cleaning</a> article.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1356" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="742" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1358" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1359" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1360" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="743" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1362" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1363" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For open-sourced data (like on the ALA), good-quality metadata becomes even more critical. For example – since data arrive from multiple sources, <strong data-identifyelement="1364">good metadata can indicate how data were collected, such as if a survey was conducted systematically or opportunistically</strong>. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1365" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="744" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1367" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1368" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1369" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span data-identifyelement="745" style="font-size: 18px;"><span data-identifyelement="1371" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1372" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To describe where a dataset originated from and what sort of data it contains, the following metadata fields are mandatory for ALA dataset submissions:</span></span></span><span data-identifyelement="746" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1371" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1372" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1374"> </span></span></span></p><ul data-identifyelement="1375" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="1376" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="747" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1378" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1379" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1380">Title: </strong>a brief but descriptive name of the dataset, as displayed on ALA. The name should be unique and distinguishable, e.g. “Mammals surveyed in Namadgi National Park from 2012 to 2014” is a more suitable title than simply “Mammals.”</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="748"> <br data-identifyelement="749"></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1383" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="750" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1385" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1386" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1387" dir="ltr">Description:</strong> a longer description that ideally documents the geographic, temporal, and taxonomic scope of the collection, as well as information about the methodology and purpose of the project or collection. Think of this as the who, what, where, when, why and how information about the dataset. This may include information such as who was the principal investigator, what institutions were involved, how was it funded, when were the data collected, what were the research aims. Any relevant literature references, or any other relevant information may be included here. A second version of the description in a language other than English may be added underneath.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="751"> <br data-identifyelement="752"></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1390" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="753" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1392" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1393" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1394" dir="ltr">License</strong>: licensing determines how a piece of work (in this case, data or an image) may be used and shared. <strong data-identifyelement="1395">All data ingested into the ALA must be assigned a license</strong>. A dataset author may choose to allocate the same license for the entire dataset, or may wish to specify it for each record or image. ALA’s preferred licenses are <a data-identifyelement="1396" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/">Creative Commons</a> CC0, CC-BY and CC-BY-NC. This means the data can be reused in derivative works, either freely (CC0), with attribution (CC-BY), or with attribution and only for non-commercial purposes (CC-BY-NC).</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="754"><span data-identifyelement="1392" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1393" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1399" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="755" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1401" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1402" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1403" dir="ltr">Contact: </strong>at least one name and email address are required for an administrative contact for the dataset. ALA requires this to ensure we can contact the organisation or individual about the dataset. The email address may be for an individual or a functional role (e.g., collectionname@museum.org.au).</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="756"><span data-identifyelement="1401" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1402" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1406" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="757" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1408" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1409" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1410" dir="ltr">Creator: </strong>The full name of the person, organisation, or position who created the resource.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="758"><span data-identifyelement="1408" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1409" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1413" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="759" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1415" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1416" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1417" dir="ltr">Citation:</strong> Text specifying how the dataset should be cited in publications that make use of the data. For example: “<a data-identifyelement="1418" dir="ltr" href="https://collections.ala.org.au/public/showDataResource/dr17465">Echidna CSI - Observation Photos of Echidnas: University of Adelaide (2021) Echidna CSI - Observation Photos of Echidnas dataset</a>.”</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="760"><span data-identifyelement="1415" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1416" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1421" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="761" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1423" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1424" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1425">URL:</strong> The website for the institution of the data provider.<br data-identifyelement="1427"><br data-identifyelement="1428"> </span></span></span></li></ul><span data-identifyelement="762" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1431" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1432" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="1433" href="https://csiroau.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/AtlasofLivingAustralia/Shared%20Documents/General/Communications/Website/Freshdesk%20Support/Updating%20articles/4.%20Data%20on%20the%20ALA/ALA-metadata-template.docx?d=wb7c2aacbe495444295f743f1765a4cd2&csf=1&web=1&e=cZEvzJ"></a></span><span data-identifyelement="1432" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><a data-identifyelement="1433" href="https://csiroau.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/AtlasofLivingAustralia/Shared%20Documents/General/Communications/Website/Freshdesk%20Support/Updating%20articles/4.%20Data%20on%20the%20ALA/ALA-metadata-template.docx?d=wb7c2aacbe495444295f743f1765a4cd2&csf=1&web=1&e=cZEvzJ"></a></span></span></span></div><div data-identifyelement="1298"><span data-identifyelement="763" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1431" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1432" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(196, 77, 52); font-size: 18px;"><strong data-identifyelement="764"><u data-identifyelement="765" dir="ltr"><a data-identifyelement="766" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172729390">ALA metadata template</a></u></strong><strong data-identifyelement="767" dir="ltr"> [.docx 110 KB]</strong></span></span></span></div><div data-identifyelement="1298"><span data-identifyelement="768" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1431" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1432" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1435"> </span></span> <br data-identifyelement="769"></span><table data-identifyelement="770" style="width: 100%;"><tbody data-identifyelement="771"><tr data-identifyelement="772"><td data-identifyelement="773" style="width: 100%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><br data-identifyelement="774"><span data-identifyelement="775" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="776" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important;"><strong data-identifyelement="777">Note: </strong></span><strong data-identifyelement="1440" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">we have provided our metadata template in .docx format</strong><span data-identifyelement="778" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important;">. If you are unfamiliar with .xml format, we recommend you write your metadata in the .docx format. However, if you are comfortable working with .xml files - take a look at the example (<a href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172728583" target="_self">eml.exl)</a> as a template. </span><strong data-identifyelement="1441" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Darwin Core Archives require your metadata in .xml format, but the ALA is happy to help you with this if it’s unfamiliar to you</strong><span data-identifyelement="779" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important;">.</span></span><br data-identifyelement="780"><br data-identifyelement="781"></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1436" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="782" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="783"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1442" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="784" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1444" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1445" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><div data-identifyelement="1451" id="_com_1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p data-identifyelement="1452" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="785" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1454" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1455" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1456"></span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="1457" id="sharing-a-dataset" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="786" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1459" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1460" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="787">Sharing a dataset with us</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="1461" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="788" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="789"><span data-identifyelement="1463" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1464" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are a few different ways to do each step depending on the level of technical expertise and type of data. If you get stuck at a specific point, just email us at <a data-identifyelement="790" href="mailto:data_management@ala.org.au">data_management@ala.org.au</a> and the staff at the ALA can give you a hand. </span></span></span></p></div><p data-identifyelement="1465" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="791" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1467" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1468" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1469"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1470" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="792" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1472" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(250, 197, 28);"><span data-identifyelement="1473" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 197, 28);"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/6172726342/original/ebvi1l3PcQa4cG7zoslxJ7jS0qmpx_FJqQ.png?1677477469" style="width: auto;" class="fr-fil fr-dib" data-attachment="[object Object]" data-id="6172726342" alt="decision tree flowchart illustrating the steps required to submit a dataset to ALA" data-identifyelement="793"></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1479" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="794" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1481" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1482" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="795"><br data-identifyelement="1483"></strong></span></span></span></h3><h3 data-identifyelement="1484" id="download-template" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="796" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1486" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1487" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="797" dir="ltr">1. Download a Darwin Core file template</strong> </span><span data-identifyelement="1487" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="1488" href="#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1" dir="ltr"></a></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1494" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="798" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="799"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="800"><span data-identifyelement="801" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1501" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1502" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(196, 77, 52); font-size: 18px;"><a data-identifyelement="1503" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172807863"><strong data-identifyelement="802"><u data-identifyelement="803" dir="ltr">ALA occurrence data template</u></strong></a><strong data-identifyelement="804" dir="ltr"> [.xlsx 113 KB] </strong></span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="805"><br data-identifyelement="806"><span data-identifyelement="807" style="font-size: 18px;"><span data-identifyelement="808" style="color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><span data-identifyelement="1507" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="809"><a data-identifyelement="1508" href="https://csiroau.sharepoint.com/:x:/r/sites/AtlasofLivingAustralia/Shared%20Documents/General/Communications/Website/Freshdesk%20Support/Updating%20articles/4.%20Sharing%20data/in%20freshdesk/ALA-multimedia-template.xlsx?d=w599b8380b5644dfbad5dd7d5ca7fce24&csf=1&web=1&e=ooCnNU"></a></strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="810"><span data-identifyelement="811" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="812" style="color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><span data-identifyelement="1507" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong data-identifyelement="813" dir="ltr"><u data-identifyelement="814" dir="ltr"><a data-identifyelement="815" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172807854">ALA multimedia template</a></u> [.xlsx 88 KB] </strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1509" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="816" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="817"><br data-identifyelement="818"></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1513" id="format-dataset" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="819" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1515" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1516" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="820" dir="ltr">2. Format the dataset using the template</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1517" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="821" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1519" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1520" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1521" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="822" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1523" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1524" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first stage in submitting a dataset is to produce a file suitable for loading into the ALA. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1525" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="823" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="824"><span data-identifyelement="1527" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1528" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We’ve provided examples in the templates, and have also indicated which fields are required and which are recommended. The data upload templates provide definitions for each header. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1529" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="825" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1531" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1532" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><table data-identifyelement="826" style="width: 100%;"><tbody data-identifyelement="827"><tr data-identifyelement="828"><td data-identifyelement="829" style="width: 100%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><br data-identifyelement="830"><span data-identifyelement="831" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong data-identifyelement="832"><span data-identifyelement="833" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Note:</span></strong><span data-identifyelement="834" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="835" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <strong data-identifyelement="1538" dir="ltr">if the data are managed in an existing spreadsheet, the author may edit the headings to align with Darwin Core column headings</strong>.<br data-identifyelement="836"><br data-identifyelement="1540">Please export to a .csv file before continuing to the following steps. Alternatively, the data may be copied into one of the templates provided.<br data-identifyelement="837"><br data-identifyelement="1542"></span></span><strong data-identifyelement="1543" dir="ltr"><span data-identifyelement="838" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If the data are managed in a database, it is necessary to export to a .csv file before moving on.  </span></strong></span><br data-identifyelement="839"><br data-identifyelement="840"></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1533" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="841" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1535" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1536" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1537"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1549" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="842" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1551" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1552" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If there is additional information that doesn’t fit the standard fields provided, then <strong data-identifyelement="1553" dir="ltr">an author may add additional columns to the end of the records sheet.</strong> The information will stay with the records, and we’ll include them as much as possible in the ALA display. When the customised template is set, copy the data across.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1554" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="843" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1556" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1557" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="844"> </em></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1558" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br data-identifyelement="845"></p><table data-identifyelement="846" style="width: 100%;"><tbody data-identifyelement="847"><tr data-identifyelement="848"><td data-identifyelement="849" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><div data-empty="true" data-identifyelement="850" style="text-align: center;"><br data-identifyelement="851"></div><div data-identifyelement="852" style="text-align: center;"><strong data-identifyelement="1562" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 58, 112); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><span data-identifyelement="853" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">    Note: At the end of this step the data should be in .csv file with Darwin Core column headings.    </span></strong></div><br data-identifyelement="854"></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="1563" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="855" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1565" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1566" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1563" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="856" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="857"></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1567" id="include-metadata" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="858" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1569" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1570" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="859" dir="ltr">3. Include metadata</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="860"><span data-identifyelement="861" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="862"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1571" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="863" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1573" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1574" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good metadata is crucial, so please don’t forget to include it. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1575" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="864" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1577" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1578" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1579" dir="ltr"> </strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1580" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="865" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1582" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1583" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="866">Option 1. Provide metadata in docx format </em></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1584" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="867" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1586" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1587" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you’re unfamiliar with .xml, we have provided a template in .docx format where you can provide the relevant information for your dataset. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1588" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="868" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1590" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1591" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1592" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="869" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1594" style="color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><span data-identifyelement="1595" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong data-identifyelement="870"><u data-identifyelement="871" dir="ltr"><a data-identifyelement="872" dir="ltr" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172729390">ALA metadata template</a></u></strong><strong data-identifyelement="873" dir="ltr"> [.docx 110 KB]</strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1592" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="874" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1594" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1595" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1597"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1598" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="875" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1600" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1601" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1602" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="876" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1604" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1605" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="877">Option 2. Provide metadata in xml (for those with experience in software development) </em></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1606" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="878" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1608" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1609" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1610" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="879" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1612" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1613" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can write your metadata directly into eml.xml format, see <a data-identifyelement="1614" href="https://csiroau.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/AtlasofLivingAustralia/Shared%20Documents/General/Communications/Website/Freshdesk%20Support/Updating%20articles/4.%20Sharing%20data/in%20freshdesk/eml.xml?csf=1&web=1&e=RZtB4y">this example</a> for how this file will look. The .docx template above will outline the required fields and might help you gather the necessary information. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1615" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="880" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1617" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1618" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1619" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="881" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong data-identifyelement="882"><span data-identifyelement="1621" style="color: rgb(196, 77, 52);"><span data-identifyelement="1622" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u data-identifyelement="883"><a data-identifyelement="884" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172728583" target="_self">Example eml.xml</a></u> [.xml 3kb]</span></span></strong><span data-identifyelement="1621" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1622" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1624"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1625" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="885" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1627" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1628" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1629" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="886" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1631" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1632" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1633" id="create-archive" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="887" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1635" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1636" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="888" dir="ltr">4. Create a Darwin Core Archive</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1633" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="889" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="890"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1637" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="891" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1639" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1640" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <a data-identifyelement="1641" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Core_Archive">Darwin Core Archive</a> (DwC-A) is a data standard that is commonly used to <em data-identifyelement="1642">package</em> species occurrence data into a single, self-contained, machine-readable dataset. This ensures the most efficient transfer of the whole dataset.</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="892"> <br data-identifyelement="893"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1643" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="894" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1645" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1646" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A DwC-A includes four files: </span></span></span></p><ul data-identifyelement="1647" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="1648" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="895" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1650" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1651" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <strong data-identifyelement="1652">core dataset file</strong> </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1653" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="896" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1655" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1656" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An <strong data-identifyelement="1657">‘extension’ file</strong> related to the main dataset, i.e. multimedia <em data-identifyelement="1658">(optional)</em></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1659" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="897" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1661" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1662" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <strong data-identifyelement="1663">metadata file (eml.xml)</strong></span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1664" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="898" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1666" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1667" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A descriptor<strong data-identifyelement="1668"> metafile</strong><strong data-identifyelement="899" dir="ltr"> (meta.xml) </strong><br data-identifyelement="1670">This file (<a data-identifyelement="900" href="https://support.ala.org.au/helpdesk/attachments/6172728584">see an example</a>) describes how the files in the archive are organised, and <em data-identifyelement="1671">maps each data column to a corresponding standard Darwin Core or Extension term</em>.</span></span></span></li></ul><p data-identifyelement="1672" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="901" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1674" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1675" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1672" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="902" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1674" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(250, 197, 28);"><span data-identifyelement="1675" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 197, 28);"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/6172725695/original/H7iYaUFWYwVe_r8P9tTR93UI0rr7Z6L4xg.png?1677476414" style="width: auto;" class="fr-fil fr-dib" data-attachment="[object Object]" data-id="6172725695" alt="four blue diamonds representing the four key files required in an Darwin Core Archive, which is represented by an orange circle around the outside" data-identifyelement="903"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1676" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="904" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1678" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1679" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Above: The four key files that make up a Darwin Core Archive. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1680" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="905" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1682" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1683" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1684"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1695" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="906" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1697" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1698" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1699" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="907" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1701" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1702" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="1703" dir="ltr"><br data-identifyelement="1704"></em><em data-identifyelement="908">Option 1: Create Darwin Core Archive</em></span></span> <br data-identifyelement="909"> <br data-identifyelement="910"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1705" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="911" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1707" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1708" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best way to submit a Darwin Core Archive is to submit the complete Archive yourself (ie a zip file with dataset.csv, meta.xml, eml.xml and extension files [optional]). This method helps us immensely by speeding up the data processing stage and allows you to specify all the details and structure of your dataset. See <a data-identifyelement="1755" href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/text/">TDWG’s instructions for how to prepare a Darwin Core Archive</a>.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1709" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="912" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1711" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1712" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1713" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="913" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="914"><span data-identifyelement="1715" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1716" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="915">Option 2: Collate data and send files to ALA</em></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1717" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="916" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="917"><span data-identifyelement="1719" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1720" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are new to creating Darwin Core Archives, you can send through raw files (occurrence [.csv], multimedia [.csv] and metadata [.docx], prepared as in </span><span data-identifyelement="1720" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="918" href="#download-template">Steps 1-3 above</a></span><span data-identifyelement="1720" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">) and we can help to create your first Darwin Core Archive for you. Raw files can be sent to <a data-identifyelement="1721" href="mailto:data_management@ala.org.au">data_management@ala.org.au</a>.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1722" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="919" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1724" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1725" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span data-identifyelement="1758" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1759" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em data-identifyelement="1760" dir="ltr"><br data-identifyelement="1761"> </em></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1762" id="send-data" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="920" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1764" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1765" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="921" dir="ltr">5. Send data </strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1762" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="922" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="923"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1766" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="924" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1768" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1769" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You’re almost done! </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1770" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="925" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="926"><span data-identifyelement="1772" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1773" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How the ALA gets the files depends on the size of the dataset and whether it is a one-off complete set of data, or part of an ongoing, or updating dataset.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1774" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="927" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="928"><span data-identifyelement="1776" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1777" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1778" dir="ltr">One-off complete datasets under 10MB (compressed) can simply be emailed to the ALA at </strong><a data-identifyelement="1779" href="mailto:data_management@ala.org.au"><strong data-identifyelement="1780">data_management@ala.org.au</strong></a><strong data-identifyelement="1781">.</strong></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1782" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="929" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="930"><span data-identifyelement="1784" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1785" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For a large dataset (over 10MB) or where there will be regular updates, <strong data-identifyelement="1786" dir="ltr">please contact the team at the same address to arrange machine-to-machine delivery.</strong></span></span><span data-identifyelement="1790" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1791" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span> <br data-identifyelement="931"> <br data-identifyelement="932"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1792" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="933" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1794" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1795" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Data are complex, so we’re here to help. If you need any assistance working with existing data in another format, please reach out.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1796" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="934" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1798" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1799" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1801"> </span></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="1802" id="faq" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="935" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1804" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1805" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="936">Frequently asked questions (FAQ)</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="1806" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="937" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1808" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1809" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1810"> </strong></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1811" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="938" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1813" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1814" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="939">What types of data can I share?</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1815" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="940" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="941"><span data-identifyelement="1817" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1818" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA currently gathers the following types of data:</span></span> <br data-identifyelement="942"> <br data-identifyelement="943"></span></p><ul data-identifyelement="1819" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="disc"><li data-identifyelement="1820" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="944" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1822" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1823" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1824"><em data-identifyelement="1825" dir="ltr">Occurrence data</em></strong> – this is the occurrence of a particular <strong data-identifyelement="1826">species</strong> in a <strong data-identifyelement="1827">location</strong> at a specific <strong data-identifyelement="1828">time</strong>. </span></span></span><ul data-identifyelement="1829" type="disc"><li data-identifyelement="1830" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="945" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1832" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1833" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This also includes <strong data-identifyelement="1834">images, sounds </strong>and other<strong data-identifyelement="1835"> multimedia</strong> that accompany occurrence records.<br data-identifyelement="1836"> </span></span></span></li></ul></li><li data-identifyelement="1837" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="946" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1839" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1840" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1841"><em data-identifyelement="1842" dir="ltr">Species lists</em></strong> – conservation lists, sensitive lists, area checklists, species trait lists etc. (via our “<a data-identifyelement="1843" href="https://lists.ala.org.au/">Lists</a>” tool). Creating species lists can make it easier to query occurrences for those species rather than creating complex queries.<br data-identifyelement="1845"></span></span> <br data-identifyelement="947"><span data-identifyelement="1839" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1840" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></li></ul><h3 data-identifyelement="1846" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="948" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1848" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1849" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="949">Are there duplicate records?</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1850" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="950" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1852" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1853" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1854" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="951" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1856" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1857" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1858" dir="ltr">If you have shared your information with another organisation such as a government department or conservation agency, then they may have already shared it with the ALA</strong>. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1859" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="952" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="953"><span data-identifyelement="1861" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1862" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have <strong>data quality checks</strong> to identify duplicate records and flag them. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1863" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="954" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1865" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1866" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1863" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="955" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="956"></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1867" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="957" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1869" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1870" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="958">How can I see how my dataset is being used?</strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1871" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="959" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1873" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1874" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When data is loaded into the ALA, a dataset metadata page is created which displays any metadata that has been provided (see an example for <a data-identifyelement="960" href="https://collections.ala.org.au/public/showDataResource/dr130">ANIC</a>).</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1875" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="961" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1877" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1878" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1879" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="962" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1881" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1882" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This serves as a useful landing page for the dataset, with several features:</span></span></span></p><ul data-identifyelement="1883" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="1884" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="963" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1886" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1887" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A logo can be displayed</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1888" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="964" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1890" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1891" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any institutional affiliations </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1892" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="965" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1894" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1895" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <strong data-identifyelement="1896">Usage Stats </strong>tab provides information on the number of times records from the dataset have been downloaded from the ALA (also see the ‘Download Usage Stats’ link on the right)</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1897" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="966" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1899" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1900" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A record count</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1901" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="967" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1903" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1904" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">‘View Records’ – a link to the records themselves </span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1905" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="968" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1907" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1908" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ability to set up Alerts on the dataset if anyone flags an issue for the data</span></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1909" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="969" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1911" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1912" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Citations – the number of citations that have been tracked on this dataset</span></span></span></li></ul><p data-identifyelement="1913" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="970" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1915" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1916" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When a dataset is loaded into the ALA it is also loaded into GBIF soon after, where the dataset and the interpreted data is given a DOI. The ALA links to the DOI landing page on GBIF, where you can also see any citations that have been tracked on that DOI. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1913" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="971" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="972"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1919" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="973" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1921" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1922" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GBIF manages a citation tracking service that populates this information. Both the ALA and GBIF mint DOIs for data downloads, making it easier for researchers to <a data-identifyelement="974" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000195866-how-to-cite-the-ala">cite</a> downloads from multiple datasets in publications. The tracking service registers citation usage and links them back to the original dataset.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1925" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="975" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1927" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1928" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1929"> </strong></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1930" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="976" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1932" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1933" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="977">What happens if there is a problem with my data?</strong></span><span data-identifyelement="1933" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span data-identifyelement="1933" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="1934"></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1935" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="978" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="979"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1935" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="980" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1937" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1938" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA runs a series of automated </span><span data-identifyelement="1938" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>data quality checks</strong><strong> </strong></span><span data-identifyelement="1938" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">across all submitted records. These tests will flag records for completeness and consistency across spatial and taxonomic dimensions, adherence with the standard, expected values (e.g., coordinates between -180 and 180), and environmental outliers. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1935" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="981" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="982"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1939" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="983" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1941" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1942" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When users query the ALA, a filter called ‘ALA General’ in our </span><span data-identifyelement="1942" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Data Pro</strong><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">files</strong></span></span><span data-identifyelement="1941" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-identifyelement="1942" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span><span data-identifyelement="1941" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1942" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rem</span><span data-identifyelement="1942" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">oves potentially problematic records from the results, although these records are still available. Data providers can use this tool to review their datasets, correct source data and work with the data team to refresh the dataset.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1939" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="984" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="985"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1946" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="986" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1948" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1949" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Users of the ALA can annotate records by <strong>flagging the record</strong> if they believe there is an issue. </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1950" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="987" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1952" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1953" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1954" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="988" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1956" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1957" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="989">What if I’ve spelled a species name incorrectly, or used an old name? </strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1958" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="990" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1960" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1961" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA maintains a list of alternative names for each species. Our automated processes will try to match the species name to this list as best as possible (for more information, see our </span><span data-identifyelement="1961" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261677-taxonomy-a-species-filing-system">Taxonomy</a></span><span data-identifyelement="1961" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> article). </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1962" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="991" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1964" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1965" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1966" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="992" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1968" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1969" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please note the ALA is not resourced to check actual species <em data-identifyelement="1970">identifications</em>. <br data-identifyelement="1971"><br data-identifyelement="1972"> If you are unsure of the species, our ‘<a data-identifyelement="1973" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000195859-how-do-i-identify-a-species-">how do I identify a species</a>?’ article has some ideas for obtaining a correct identification.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1974" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="993" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1976" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1977" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1978" dir="ltr"> </strong></span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1979" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="994" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1981" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1982" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong data-identifyelement="995">Do you really want observations of dead organisms, like roadkill? </strong></span></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1979" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="996" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="997"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1983" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="998" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1985" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1986" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes. Dead organisms are an indication of the presence of the species, but please indicate in the occurrence remarks that the specimen was dead/deceased.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1987" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="999" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1989" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1990" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1987" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1001"></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1987" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1002" style="font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1003"></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="1991" dir="ltr" id="more-info" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1004" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1993" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1994" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><strong data-identifyelement="1005">More information</strong></span></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="1995" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1006" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1997" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="1998" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="2000">If you have any other questions or need assistance, email us at <a data-identifyelement="2001" href="mailto:data_management@ala.org.au">data_management@ala.org.au</a>.</span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="2002" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1007" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="2004" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-identifyelement="2005" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="2006"></span></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="2007" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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