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Downloading a Full Darwin Core Archive

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This page describes how you can download Darwin Core Archive files (DwC-A; standard format for data publishing and sharing) from a Symbiota portal.

If you are an administrator of a collection, you can download a Darwin Core Archive of your collection in one of two ways:

  • Navigate to your Administration Contol Panel (click My Profile, then the name of the collection in the Collection Management box) and click Darwin Core Archive Publishing. If you have already created a DwC-A, click the link next to "DwC-Archive File:". If you have not yet created a DwC-A, create one.
  • Navigate to your Administration Contol Panel (click My Profile, then the name of the collection in the Collection Management box) and click Download Data Backup file. The backup file will be in the format of a Darwin Core Archive, but all specimens will be included in the file, even if they don't have unique GUIDs.

If you are not an administrator of a collection, or you would like to download a DwC-A of another collection:

  1. Navigate to the Sitemap of the portal (generally an option on the menu).
  2. Under "Collections", click Darwin Core Archives (DwC-A).
  3. Find the collection for which you would like to download a DwC-A and click the link in the DwC-A column. The size of the file will be displayed in parentheses.
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For more information about your download options, see this page.