IPT v2.1 – Promoting the use of stable occurrenceIDs
GBIF is pleased to announce the release of the IPT 2.1 with the following key changes: Stricter controls for the Darwin Core occurrenceID to improve stability of record level identifiers network wide Ability to support Microsoft Excel spreadsheets natively Japanese translation thanks to Dr. Yukiko Yamazaki from the National Institute of Genetics (NIG) in Japan With this update, GBIF continues to refine and improve the IPT based on feedback from users, while carrying out a number of deliverables that are part of the GBIF Work Programme for 2014-16 . The most significant new feature that has been added in this release is the ability to validate that each record within an Occurrence dataset has a unique identifier. If any missing or duplicate identifiers are found, publishing fails, and the problem records are logged in the publication report. This new feature will support data publishers who use the Darwin Core term occurrenceID to uniquely identify their occurrence records. The chang...