an easily readable background to the ABCD standard with examples

lists all terms in namespaces currently used in the Darwin Core vocabulary

describes how term URIs are allocated by the Darwin Core Task Group and the policies associated with Darwin Core namespaces

provides guidelines for implementing Darwin Core in Text files

provides guidelines for the implementation of Darwin Core in XML

reference for the Simple Darwin Core standard

Globally unique aliases for concepts in the TAPIR protocol

guidelines for building networks based on the TAPIR protocol

an index to TAPIR XML models and query templates

specifies the TAPIR protocol and the structure and syntax of TAPIR messages

XML schema document for the TAPIR protocol