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href="#abcd">ABCD</a></li><li><a href="#audiovisual-core">Audiovisual Core</a></li><li><a href="#darwin-core">Darwin Core</a></li><li><a href="#guid-applicability-statements">GUID Applicability Statements</a></li><li><a href="#latimer-core">Latimer Core</a></li><li><a href="#sds">SDS</a></li><li><a href="#tapir">TAPIR</a></li><li><a href="#tcs">TCS</a></li><li><a href="#vms">VMS</a></li><li><a href="#wgsrpd">WGSRPD</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#not-under-active-maintenance">Not under active maintenance</a><ul><li><a href="#economic-botany">Economic Botany</a></li><li><a href="#floristic-regions">Floristic Regions</a></li><li><a href="#hispid3">HISPID3</a></li><li><a href="#itf2">ITF2</a></li><li><a href="#plant-names">Plant Names</a></li><li><a href="#poss">POSS</a></li><li><a href="#sdd">SDD</a></li><li><a href="#xdf">XDF</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#externally-maintained">Externally maintained</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-8 order-lg-first mx-auto"> <p>TDWG standards have a <a href="/standards/status-and-categories/">status and category</a>. Current standards and those under consideration as Draft standards are governed by the <a href="/about/process/">TDWG Process</a>, which includes the appointment of a <a href="/about/review-managers/">Review Manager</a> to oversee expert and public review of TDWG standards. Our standards are also available as a collection on <a href="https://fairsharing.org/collection/TDWGBiodiversity">FAIRsharing</a>, which places them in context with databases that implement them and data policies that endorse their use.</p> <h2 id="actively-maintained">Actively maintained</h2> <h3 id="abcd">ABCD</h3> <p><a href="/standards/abcd/">Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD) Schema</a></p> <h3 id="audiovisual-core">Audiovisual Core</h3> <p><a href="/standards/ac/">Audiovisual Core Multimedia Resources Metadata Schema</a></p> <h3 id="darwin-core">Darwin Core</h3> <p><a href="/standards/dwc/">Darwin Core</a></p> <h3 id="guid-applicability-statements">GUID Applicability Statements</h3> <p><a href="/standards/guid-as/">GUID and Life Sciences Identifiers Applicability Statements</a></p> <h3 id="latimer-core">Latimer Core</h3> <p><a href="https://ltc.tdwg.org/">Latimer Core, a standard for describing collections</a></p> <h3 id="sds">SDS</h3> <p><a href="/standards/sds/">TDWG Standards Documentation Standard (SDS)</a></p> <h3 id="tapir">TAPIR</h3> <p><a href="/standards/tapir/">TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval (TAPIR)</a></p> <h3 id="tcs">TCS</h3> <p><a href="/standards/tcs/">Taxon Concept Schema (TCS)</a></p> <h3 id="vms">VMS</h3> <p><a href="/standards/vms/">Vocabulary Maintenance Standard (VMS)</a></p> <h3 id="wgsrpd">WGSRPD</h3> <p><a href="/standards/wgsrpd/">World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD)</a></p> <h2 id="not-under-active-maintenance">Not under active maintenance</h2> <h3 id="economic-botany">Economic Botany</h3> <p><a href="/standards/economic-botany/">Economic Botany Data Collection Standard</a></p> <h3 id="floristic-regions">Floristic Regions</h3> <p><a href="/standards/floristic-regions/">Floristic Regions of the World</a></p> <h3 id="hispid3">HISPID3</h3> <p><a href="/standards/hispid3/">Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID3)</a></p> <h3 id="itf2">ITF2</h3> <p><a href="/standards/itf2/">International Transfer Format for Botanic Garden Plant Records (ITF2)</a></p> <h3 id="plant-names">Plant Names</h3> <p><a href="/standards/plant-names/">Plant Names in Botanical Databases</a></p> <h3 id="poss">POSS</h3> <p><a href="/standards/poss/">Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)</a></p> <h3 id="sdd">SDD</h3> <p><a href="/standards/sdd/">Structured Descriptive Data (SDD)</a></p> <h3 id="xdf">XDF</h3> <p><a href="/standards/xdf/">XDF - A Language for the Definition and Exchange of Biological Data Sets</a></p> <h2 id="externally-maintained">Externally maintained</h2> <p><a href="/standards/external/">See this page</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="d-print-none"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="mailto:secretary@tdwg.org"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="far fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="https://twitter.com/tdwg"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a red="me" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/326780777736"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="https://github.com/tdwg"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-github fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/feed.xml"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fas fa-rss fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-lg"> <ul class="fa-ul"> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/">What is TDWG?</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/contact/">Contact us</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/terms-of-use/#privacy-statement">Privacy policy</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/code-of-conduct/">Code of Conduct</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/diversity-inclusion/">Diversity and Inclusion Statement</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="small mt-2"> <p>Content on this site, made open by <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/">Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)</a> is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p> <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/website/edit/master/standards/index.md"> <i class="fas fa-edit"></i> Edit this page </a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/theme/js/anchor.min.js"></script> <script> // Show anchors when hovering over headings, using anchor.js (function () { const headings = ".content h2[id], .content h3[id], .content h4[id], .content h5[id], .content h6[id]"; anchors.options = { placement: "right" }; anchors.add(headings); })(); </script> </body> </html>

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