| Term Name: | dwc:scientificName |
| Label: | Scientific Name |
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28 |
| Version of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName |
| Issued: | 2023-06-28 |
| Definition: | The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of a dwc:Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the dwc:identificationQualifier term. |
| Type: | Property |
| Status: | recommended |
| Replaces: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2021-07-15 |
Metadata about this term version are available in the following formats/serializations:
| Description | IRI |
|---|---|
| HTML file (this document) | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28.htm |
| RDF/Turtle | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28.ttl |
| RDF/XML | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28.rdf |
| JSON-LD | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28.json |
For more information about this term version in the context of sets of terms that include it, please refer to the following term list versions:
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-06-28
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-07-07
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-09-13
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-09-18
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2025-06-12