Dear all,
On 13 October the Executive Committee approved the recommended changes to the Darwin Core associated with species establishment. As of 21 October the Darwin Core standard and associated documentation (including the Quick Reference Guide - https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/) have been updated to include: dwc:degreeOfEstablishment ( https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:degreeOfEstablishment) (new, with controlled vocabulary) dwc:pathway (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:pathway) (new, with controlled vocabulary) dwc:establishmentMeans (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:establishmentMeans) (change in definition, with controlled vocabulary)
as well as the IRI versions of these same terms in the dwciri: namespace for use in RDF.
Utility files with the horizontal (1 row) and vertical (1 column) term name lists can be found and downloaded from the DarwinCore Github site at https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/tree/master/dist.
Enjoy the richer capacity to share species establishment information!
John (on behalf of the Darwin Core Maintenance Interest Group)