Darwin Core short names

Overview

Darwin Core names are sometimes verbose. Consider maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters which is 35 characters long! In an effort to trim that down a bit, we've created the following list of Darwin Core short names that can used in the Prototype Search API.

All of the following queries are valid:

/api/search?maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters=88&year=1901
/api/search?mxa=88&y=1901
/api/search?mxa=88&year=1901
/api/search?maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters=88&y=1901

Here's the table that maps names to short names:

name	short name
acceptednameusage	anu
acceptednameusageid	anuid
accessrights	ar
associatedmedia	am
associatedoccurrences	ao
associatedreferences	ar
associatedsequences	as
associatedtaxa	at
basisofrecord	br
bed	bd
behavior	b
bibliographiccitation	bc
catalognumber	cat
class	cl
collectioncode	cc
collectionid	cid
continent	ct
coordinateprecision	cp
coordinateuncertaintyinmeters	cu
country	cn
countrycode	cnc
county	co
datageneralizations	dg
datasetid	did
datasetname	dn
dateidentified	di
day	d
decimallatitude	dlat
decimallongitude	dlng
disposition	dsp
dynamicproperties	dp
earliestageorloweststage	eage
earliesteonorlowesteonothem	eeon
earliestepochorlowestseries	eep
earliesteraorlowesterathem	eera
earliestperiodorlowestsystem	ep
enddayofyear	edy
establishmentmeans	em
eventdate	ed
eventid	eid
eventremarks	er
eventtime	et
family	fm
fieldnotes	fnt
fieldnumber	fnm
footprintspatialfit	fpsf
footprintsrs	fps
footprintwkt	fp
formation	frm
genus	g
geodeticdatum	gd
geologicalcontextid	gid
georeferencedby	gb
georeferenceprotocol	gp
georeferenceremarks	gr
georeferencesources	gs
georeferenceverificationstatus	gvs
group	grp
habitat	h
higherclassification	hc
highergeography	hg
highergeographyid	hgid
highestbiostratigraphiczone	hbz
identificationid	idid
identificationqualifier	iq
identificationreferences	irf
identificationremarks	irm
identifiedby	ib
individualcount	ic
individualid	indid
informationwithheld	iw
infraspecificepithet	ise
institutioncode	ic
institutionid	iid
island	i
islandgroup	ig
kingdom	k
language	ln
latestageorhigheststage	lage
latesteonorhighesteonothem	leon
latestepochorhighestseries	lep
latesteraorhighesterathem	lera
latestperiodorhighestsystem	lp
lifestage	ls
lithostratigraphicterms	lt
locality	l
locationaccordingto	lcat
locationid	lid
locationremarks	lr
lowestbiostratigraphiczone	lbz
maximumdepthinmeters	mxd
maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters	mxa
maximumelevationinmeters	mxe
member	mem
minimumdepthinmeters	mnd
minimumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters	mna
minimumelevationinmeters	mne
modified	md
month	m
municipality	mn
nameaccordingto	nat
nameaccordingtoid	natid
namepublishedin	np
namepublishedinid	npid
nomenclaturalcode	nc
nomenclaturalstatus	ns
occurrencedetails	od
occurrenceid	oid
occurrenceremarks	or
occurrencestatus	os
order	ord
originalnameusage	onu
originalnameusageid	onuid
othercatalognumbers	ocn
ownerinstitutioncode	oic
parentnameusage	pnu
parentnameusageid	pnuid
phylum	ph
pointradiusspatialfit	prsf
preparations	p
previousidentifications	pi
recordedby	rb
recordnumber	rn
reproductivecondition	rc
rights	r
rightsholder	rh
samplingeffort	sme
samplingprotocol	smp
scientificname	sn
scientificnameauthorship	sna
scientificnameid	sid
sex	sx
specificepithet	se
startdayofyear	sdy
stateprovince	sp
subgenus	sg
taxonconceptid	tcid
taxonid	tid
taxonomicstatus	ts
taxonrank	tr
taxonremarks	trm
type	t
typestatus	ts
verbatimcoordinates	vc
verbatimcoordinatesystem	vcs
verbatimdepth	vd
verbatimelevation	ve
verbatimeventdate	ved
verbatimlatitude	vlat
verbatimlocality	vl
verbatimlongitude	vlng
verbatimsrs	vs
verbatimtaxonrank	vtr
vernacularname	vn
waterbody	w
year	y