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	<dc:title>Publishing Species Checklists, Step-by-Step Guide</dc:title>
	<dc:description>Description: This document provides instructions on sharing species checklists using an international data exchange format known as Darwin Core Archives.
Abstract: This guide provides a step-by-step overview of how to publish species checklists to data using the Global Names Architecture (GNA) Profile in the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format.   This guide serves as a quick reference for getting started and provides links to other GBIF data publishing documents that provide more details on specific components of the data publishing workflow.
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	<dc:publisher>GBIF Secretariat</dc:publisher>
	<dc:creator>Author(s):Remsen D., Döring M., Robertson, T., Ko, B., Contributor(s):</dc:creator>
	<dc:date>2011-08</dc:date>
	<dc:subject><a href="http://www.gbif.org/orc/?sword=&sortby=NumDownloads&advanced_search=1&keyword=6">Biodiversity data publishing/sharing</a>, <a href="http://www.gbif.org/orc/?sword=&sortby=NumDownloads&advanced_search=1&keyword=7">Data provider software</a>, <a href="http://www.gbif.org/orc/?sword=&sortby=NumDownloads&advanced_search=1&keyword=10">Biodiversity data standards &amp; protocols</a>, <a href="http://www.gbif.org/orc/?sword=&sortby=NumDownloads&advanced_search=1&keyword=24">Names and Taxonomy</a></dc:subject>
	<dc:source></dc:source>
	<dc:language>English</dc:language>
	<dc:identifier>http://links.gbif.org/checklist_how_to</dc:identifier>
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	<dc:relation>http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2869</dc:relation>
	<dc:type>Digital document</dc:type>
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	<dc:contributor>Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470</dc:contributor>
	<dc:rights>Rights: This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Right holders: GBIF Secretariat</dc:rights>
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