GBIF

Registered Extensions

The following extensions are the latest versions of those registered with GBIF for production use.

The list was last updated at 13:00:04 on 1 November 2024, and is also available in JSON format.

DNA derived data

An extension to Occurrence and Event cores to capture information relating to DNA. This extension is based on the MIxS extension for Darwin Core (underway), with additions from GGBN and MIQE standards and recommendations. This definition supports the outcomes documented in Publishing DNA-derived data through biodiversity data platforms (https://doi.org/10.35035/doc-vf1a-nr22). This extension is subject to change, and recommended for early adopters who understand that data remapping may be required as things evolve.

NamednaDerivedData
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/DNADerivedData
Issued2024-07-11
Keywords
Humboldt Ecological Inventory

Extended support for Darwin Core Events related to ecological inventories.

NameHumboldtEcologicalInventory
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/Event
Issued2024-04-16
Keywordsdwc:Event
ChronometricAge

Extension to Occurrence Core to capture chronometric age information to be used only in cases where the collecting event is not contemporaneous with the time when the dwc:Organism was alive in its context. Collection event information can be reported in dwc:eventDate. See also the normative term list document at https://chrono.tdwg.org/list/ and the human-friendly Quick Reference Guide at https://chrono.tdwg.org/terms/.

NameChronometricAge
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/ChronometricAge
Issued2024-03-11
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence
Darwin Core Occurrence

Support for Darwin Core Occurrence-based records.

NameOccurrence
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Occurrence
Issued2024-02-23
Keywordsdwc:Event dwc:Taxon
Darwin Core Event

Support for Darwin Core Event-based records.

NameEvent
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event
Issued2024-02-19
Keywords
Darwin Core Taxon

Support for Darwin Core Taxon-based records.

NameTaxon
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Taxon
Issued2024-02-19
Keywords
Darwin Core Identification History

Extended support for multiple identifications (determinations) of species Darwin Core Occurrences. All identifications including the most current one should be listed, while the current one should also be repeated in the Darwin Core Occurrence Core.

NameIdentification
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification
Issued2024-02-19
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence
Darwin Core Measurement or Facts

Extended support for multiple measurements or facts associated with a Darwin Core Occurrence, Event, or Taxon Core.

NameMeasurementOrFacts
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MeasurementOrFact
Issued2024-02-19
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence dwc:Event dwc:Taxon
Darwin Core Resource Relationship

Extended support for relationships between resources in a Darwin Core Occurrence, Event, or Taxon Core to resources in an extension or external to the data set. The identifiers for subject (resourceID) and object (relatedResourceID) may exist in the dataset or be accessible via an externally resolvable identifiers.

NameResourceRelationship
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ResourceRelationship
Issued2024-02-19
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence dwc:Event dwc:Taxon
Extended Measurement Or Facts

Support for generic measurements or facts, extended version linking to occurrences. This extension (eMoF) was developed to be used in combination with the Event Core, but is also compatible with other cores. When used with Event Core it allows to create an additional link between the eMoF and the occurrence extension. The eMoF can store measurements or facts related to a biological occurrence, environmental measurements or facts and sampling method attributes. This extension also provides the option to provide identifiers to reference a vocabulary for the measurementType, measurementValue and measurementUnit fields.

NameExtendedMeasurementOrFact
Namespacehttp://rs.iobis.org/obis/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.iobis.org/obis/terms/ExtendedMeasurementOrFact
Issued2023-08-28
Keywords
GGBN Permit Extension

Support for all kinds of permits as an extension for Material Sample core sample data in Darwin Core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NamePermit
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Permit
Issued2022-08-08
Keywords
Species Distribution

Geographic distribution of a taxon. Replaces version issued 2020-07-15 with establishmentMeans, degreeOfEstablishment and pathway properties and vocabularies.

NameDistribution
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Distribution
Issued2022-02-02
Keywordsdwc:Taxon
Audubon Media Description

The Audubon Core is a set of vocabularies designed to represent metadata for biodiversity multimedia resources and collections. These vocabularies aim to represent information that will help to determine whether a particular resource or collection will be fit for some particular biodiversity science application before acquiring the media. Among others, the vocabularies address such concerns as the management of the media and collections, descriptions of their content, their taxonomic, geographic, and temporal coverage, and the appropriate ways to retrieve, attribute and reproduce them.

NameMultimedia
Namespacehttp://rs.tdwg.org/ac/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.tdwg.org/ac/terms/Multimedia
Issued2020-10-06
KeywordsNone
Species Profile

A basic species profile with characteristics in addition to textural description which are covered by the description extension.

NameSpeciesProfile
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/SpeciesProfile
Issued2019-01-29
Keywordsdwc:Taxon
ChronometricAge (deprecated)

This extension has been DEPRECATED! Please use the newer ChronometricAge extension instead: https://rs.gbif.org/extension/zooarchnet/ChronometricAge_2020-10-06.xml

NameChronometricAge
Namespacehttp://zooarchnet.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://zooarchnet.org/dwc/terms/ChronometricAge
Issued2018-11-13
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence
ChronometricDate (deprecated)

This extension has been DEPRECATED! Please use the newer ChronometricAge extension instead: http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/ChronometricAge.xml

NameChronometricDate
Namespacehttp://zooarchnet.org/dwc/terms/
RowTypehttp://zooarchnet.org/dwc/terms/ChronometricDate
Issued2018-03-29
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence
GBIF Relevé

Support for vegetation plot survey (relevé) measurements ancillary to those reported using Event core with Occurrence extension. Note all coverage measurements are in percentage.

NameReleve
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Releve
Issued2016-05-10
Keywordsdwc:Event
GGBN Amplification Extension

Support for DNA Amplifications as an extension for Material Sample core sample data in Darwin Core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NameAmplification
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Amplification
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN DNA Cloning Extension

Support for DNA Cloning as an extension for Material Sample core sample data in Darwin Core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NameAmplification
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Cloning
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN Gel Image Extension

Support for gel image properties as an extension to an Material Sample core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NameGelImage
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/GelImage
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN Loan Extension

Support for loan properties (e.g. specimens, tissues, DNA, RNA) as an extension to a Material Sample core. Intended to be a one to one relation to the Material Sample core.

NameLoan
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Loan
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN Material Sample Extension

Support for material sample properties (e.g. tissues, DNA, RNA) as an extension to a Material Sample core. Intended to be a one to one relation to the Material Sample core.

NameMaterialSample
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/MaterialSample
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN Preparation Extension

Support for preparation properties as an extension to an Material Sample core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NamePreparation
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Preparation
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
GGBN Preservation Extension

Support for all kinds of preservations as an extension for Material Sample core sample data in Darwin Core. Intended to be a one to many relation to the Material Sample core.

NamePreservation
Namespacehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/
RowTypehttp://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/Preservation
Issued2016-01-13
Keywords
Taxon Description

DwC Taxon extension to exchange simple text/paragraph based taxon descriptions. Not suitable for structured descriptions and keys, but useful for creating species pages.

NameDescription
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Description
Issued2015-02-13
Keywordsdwc:Taxon checklist
Alternative Identifiers

NameIdentifier
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Identifier
Issued2015-02-13
Keywords
Simple Images (deprecated)

This extension has been DEPRECATED! Please use the newer Multimedia extension instead: http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/multimedia.xml

NameImage
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Image
Issued2015-02-13
Keywordsdwc:Taxon dwc:Occurrence
Literature References

Bibliography, i.e. list of literature references. For example a taxon or occurrence/specimen.

NameReference
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Reference
Issued2015-02-13
Keywords
Types and Specimen

An extension for specimens and types, including type specimens, type species and type genera and simple specimens unrelated to types.

NameTypesAndSpecimen
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/TypesAndSpecimen
Issued2015-02-13
Keywordsdwc:Taxon
Vernacular Names

Extension to core taxa that lists vernacular names for a scientific taxon

NameVernacularName
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/VernacularName
Issued2015-02-13
Keywordsdwc:Taxon
Simple Multimedia

Simple extension for exchanging metadata about multimedia resources, in particular links to image, video and audio files.

NameMultimedia
Namespacehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0
RowTypehttp://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/Multimedia
Issued2015-02-13
Keywords
Germplasm (0.1)

WARNING! THIS DRAFT GERMPLASM EXTENSION HAS BEEN DEPRECATED. SEE: http://rs.gbif.org/extension/germplasm/ FOR THE CURRENT GERMPLASM EXTENSIONS.

NameGermplasmSample
Namespacehttp://rs.nordgen.org/dwc/germplasm/0.1/terms/
RowTypehttp://rs.nordgen.org/dwc/germplasm/0.1/terms/GermplasmSample
Issued2015-02-13
Keywordsdwc:Occurrence
Germplasm accession (v20140515)

The Germplasm Vocabulary provides a set of terms (supplementing the Darwin Core terms) for describing genebank accessions. These terms are maintained by the thematic community of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). Most of these terms are imported from the Multi-Crop Passport Descriptor List (MCPD) maintained by Bioversity International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Some terms were also developed by the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR).

NameGermplasmAccession
Namespacehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#
RowTypehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#GermplasmAccession
Issued2014-05-20
KeywordsNone
Trait measurement score (v20140515)

Trait measurements or the so-called Characterization and Evaluation (C and E) data for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). The germplasm vocabulary term g.germplasmID is a persistent identifier for the germplasm material (genebank accession, specimen, cultivar, etc that was the subject of the measurement experiment. NB! please report stable and resolvable persistent identifiers for g.germplasmID term when linking the trait measurement score to a germplasm occurrence described in an external Darwin Core archive. When linking to trait measurement descriptors and measurement trials described extenally to the Darwin Core archive, please include stable and resolvable persistent identifiers for g.measurementTraitID and g.measurementTrialID - resolving to information on each entity.

NameMeasurementScore
Namespacehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#
RowTypehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#MeasurementScore
Issued2014-05-15
KeywordsNone
Trait descriptor (v20140515)

Trait descriptors describing methods and protocols followed when making trait measurements or the so-called Characterization and Evaluation (C and E) data for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA).

NameMeasurementTrait
Namespacehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#
RowTypehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#MeasurementTrait
Issued2014-05-08
KeywordsNone
Trait measurement trial (v20140515)

Measurement trial (field or greenhouse) to collect trait measurements or so-called Characterization and Evaluation (C and E) data for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA).

NameMeasurementTrial
Namespacehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#
RowTypehttp://purl.org/germplasm/germplasmTerm#MeasurementTrial
Issued2014-05-08
KeywordsNone
EOL Media Extension 1.0

This extension draws from Audubon Core, Dublin Core and others to gather information about text and multimedia. It was designed to contain all the metadata that is required to be indexed by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), but this extension is hopefully general enough to be useful to all text and media providers and consumers. The original extension was offline; this is a copy recovered from the Internet Archive. The issue date is estimated.

NameEOLMediaExtension
Namespacehttp://www.eol.org/schema/transfer#
RowTypehttp://eol.org/schema/media/Document
Issued2010-01-01
KeywordsNone
EOL References Extension 1.0

This extension draws from BIBO (http://bibliontology.com/), Dublin Core and others to gather information about citations and bibliographic references. The original extension was offline; this is a copy recovered from the Internet Archive. The issue date is estimated.

NameEOLReferencesExtension
Namespacehttp://www.eol.org/schema/transfer#
RowTypehttp://eol.org/schema/reference/Reference
Issued2010-01-01
KeywordsNone