Publishing Species Checklists, Best Practices Description: This document provides recommendations on sharing species checklists using an international data exchange format known as Darwin Core Archives. Abstract: This guide provides details on how to utilise the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format as a means to share taxonomic checklist information in a standard way. It focuses on specific components of the Darwin Core Archive format, and some of the supporting extensions to the core taxonomic data class, and provides recommendations on how to best utilise these components to maximise the value of the shared data. This guide does not provide a detailed overview of the Darwin Core Archive format nor does it serve as a detailed reference guide to the complete set of terms and extensions that describe the GNA Profile. Instead it extends two documents that do cover those topics. GBIF Secretariat Author(s):Remsen D., Döring M., Robertson, T., Contributor(s): 2011-04 Biodiversity data publishing/sharing, Names and Taxonomy English http://links.gbif.org/checklist_best_practices application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2814 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Right holders: GBIF Secretariat