@roy-lowry Yes you can store any scientific name within the taxonomic hierarchy in Darwin Core `scientificName` and then there are more terms to specify the taxonomy as well as the rank. So for instance you could have: `scientificName` = "Calanus finmarchicus` and then have: `scientificNameID` = "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104464" `[taxonRank](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:taxonRank)` = "species" `[kingdom](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:kingdom)` = "Animalia" `[phylum](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:phylum)` = "Arthropoda" `[class](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:class)` = "Crustacea" (and on down to...) `[specificEpithet](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:specificEpithet)` = "finmarchicus"
For something like dinoflagellates it would be: `scientificName` = "Dinoflagellata" `[vernacularName](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:vernacularName)` = "dinoflagellates" `scientificNameID` = "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146203" `taxonRank` = "Infraphylum" `kingdom` = "Chromista" etc But really you have all you need with just `scientificName` and `scientificNameID` since all the rest can be extracted from WoRMS using the LSID. Just showing that you can include a scientific name at any level of the taxonomic hierarchy in Darwin Core and the associate terms. Also GBIF is accepting BOLD and UNITE stable Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs, eDNA) in `scientificName` as well (more info on that [here](https://docs.gbif-uat.org/publishing-sequence-derived-data/1.0/en/)). Realize that's more than what you're asking about but just in case it's relevant. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/309#issuecomment-731271425 This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from [email protected], although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to [email protected].
