This guide explains how to export Specify data to the Darwin Core Archive (DwCA) format and how to set up an RSS feed for regular data retrieval by aggregators.
Technical Darwin Core Archive Publishing Guide for Programmers is available on GitHub.
Webinar: Data Exporting in Specify 7 (DwCA Export) [29:29]
Show attachment URLs in queries and when data exporting
Supported Data Aggregators
- GBIF
- iDigBio
- GGBN
- Symbiota
and others that support the DwCA export format.
Example RSS Feed Export
The data contained in this file is only for educational purposes, not representative of actual KU Ichthyology data.
example-dwca.zip (2.0 MB)
Creating a DwCA Export Feed
Before starting, make sure you have created a query that includes every field from Specify that you wish to share with data aggregators.
Important Notes
- The query should not contain duplicate collection object records returned (only one row should be returned in the query per Collection Object record).
- We recommend using
isCurrent=True or Emptyso that only the current determination is returned. - GUID should be in the query so that there is a globally unique identifier for every Collection Object record shared to data aggregators.
Example Query: BI portal KUIT.json (22.9 KB)
This is the query I will be using as the base for this tutorial.
This can be imported in Specify 7 in the
Queries dialog.
Note: Some fields may need to be concatenated by mapping the whole table and using the table formatter to mimic the one-to-many relationship of tables such as collector, preparations, etc., when mapping to Darwin Core terms.
Creating the DwCA Definition
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Click on
Queries in the navigation menu. -
Click the
to the right of your export query.In this instance, I am going to create an export based on the BI portal KUIT query.
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Click Export query for DwCA definition.
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Copy the entire contents of the resulting window’s textbox.
It should look something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <query name="BI portal KUIT" contextTableId="1"> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.isCurrent" oper="13" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23.collection.code" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23.collection.description" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.copyright" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.termsOfUse" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1.collectionobject.catalogNumber" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1.collectionobject.guid" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Phylum" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Class" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Order" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Family" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Genus" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Species" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Subspecies" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4.taxon.commonName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.typeStatusName" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10.collectingevent.stationFieldNumber" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10.collectingevent.startDate" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,30-collectors.collector.collectors" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Continent" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Country" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.State" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.County" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.localityName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.latitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.longitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,63-preparations.preparation.preparations" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> </query> -
Click on the
Your Username in the navigation menu to access the User Tools menu. -
Click on App Resources.
From this step on, this process must be repeated for multiple collections so that each can be exported as a separate instance.
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Click on
Add Resource under the collection you wish to export.In this instance, it is the KU Fish Voucher Collection.
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Select
App Resource. -
Select Other XML Resource.
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Name the new resource something memorable and click Save.
I named this app resource
DwCA_FishCollection. -
Paste the contents of the DwCA XML export that we copied earlier into the app resource editor, then click Save.
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If you have a Collection Object GUID field in the XML (any line that contains
stringId="1.collectionobject.guid"), remove that line.Even if you did not have GUID as part of the initial query, you still need to follow the next steps:
Add the following line directly below the
<query name="BI portal KUIT" contextTableId="1">(the query name is based on your query, it is not specific in this case).<id term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID" isNot="false" isRelFld="false" oper="11" stringId="1.collectionobject.guid" value=""/>It should now look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <query name="BI portal KUIT" contextTableId="1"> <id term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID" isNot="false" isRelFld="false" oper="11" stringId="1.collectionobject.guid" value=""/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.isCurrent" oper="13" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23.collection.code" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23.collection.description" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.copyright" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.termsOfUse" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1.collectionobject.catalogNumber" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Phylum" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Class" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Order" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Family" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Genus" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Species" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Subspecies" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations,4.taxon.commonName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.typeStatusName" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10.collectingevent.stationFieldNumber" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10.collectingevent.startDate" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,30-collectors.collector.collectors" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Continent" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Country" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.State" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.County" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.localityName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.latitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,10,2.locality.longitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field stringId="1,63-preparations.preparation.preparations" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> </query> -
Go to the DWC quick reference guide website and find the recommended Darwin Core terms’ URLs associated with each field.
For instance, I want to map the field
catalogNumberin Specify to thecatalogNumberfield in the Darwin Core reference guide.I need to copy the URL identifier (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber) in its entirety.
Once I have done that, I need to return to the app resource viewer and paste the entire URL inside of a
term=""attribute.The line that includes the
stringIdforcatalogNumbernow includes theterm=""attribute with the URL to the Darwin Core term inside.<field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber" stringId="1.collectionobject.catalogNumber" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/>I need to repeat this process for all fields in the query that I want to map to Darwin Core terms.
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Once you have assigned all fields a term, click Save. It should look something like this:
Here is the XML from that screenshot:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <query name="BI portal KUIT" contextTableId="1"> <id term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID" isNot="false" isRelFld="false" oper="11" stringId="1.collectionobject.guid" value=""/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.isCurrent" oper="13" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode" stringId="1,23.collection.code" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetName" stringId="1,23.collection.description" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/license" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.copyright" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.termsOfUse" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber" stringId="1.collectionobject.catalogNumber" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Phylum" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Class" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Order" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Family" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Genus" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Species" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Subspecies" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName" stringId="1,9-determinations,4.taxon.commonName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/iri/typeStatus" stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.typeStatusName" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventID" stringId="1,10.collectingevent.stationFieldNumber" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventDate" stringId="1,10.collectingevent.startDate" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy" stringId="1,10,30-collectors.collector.collectors" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/continent" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Continent" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Country" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.State" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/county" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.County" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality" stringId="1,10,2.locality.localityName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude" stringId="1,10,2.locality.latitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude" stringId="1,10,2.locality.longitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/preparations" stringId="1,63-preparations.preparation.preparations" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> </query> -
Replace the first two lines of the resource file with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <archive> <core rowType="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Occurrence"> <queries> <query name="occurrence.csv" contextTableId="1">Now replace the last lines with the following:
</query> </queries> </core> </archive>Now it should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <archive> <core rowType="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Occurrence"> <queries> <query name="occurrence.csv" contextTableId="1"> <id term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID" isNot="false" isRelFld="false" oper="11" stringId="1.collectionobject.guid" value=""/> <field stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.isCurrent" oper="13" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode" stringId="1,23.collection.code" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetName" stringId="1,23.collection.description" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/license" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.copyright" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.termsOfUse" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber" stringId="1.collectionobject.catalogNumber" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Phylum" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Class" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Order" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Family" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Genus" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Species" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet" stringId="1,9-determinations,4-preferredTaxon.taxon.Subspecies" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName" stringId="1,9-determinations,4.taxon.commonName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/iri/typeStatus" stringId="1,9-determinations.determination.typeStatusName" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventID" stringId="1,10.collectingevent.stationFieldNumber" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventDate" stringId="1,10.collectingevent.startDate" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy" stringId="1,10,30-collectors.collector.collectors" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/continent" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Continent" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.Country" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.State" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/county" stringId="1,10,2,3.geography.County" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality" stringId="1,10,2.locality.localityName" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude" stringId="1,10,2.locality.latitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude" stringId="1,10,2.locality.longitude1" oper="1" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/> <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/preparations" stringId="1,63-preparations.preparation.preparations" oper="11" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="true"/> </query> </queries> </core> </archive>
Optional: Extension
Optional: The DwC exporting function supports adding additional queries with extensions to the mapping!
See GBIF extensions if you are interested in adding more information to your mapping.
You will need to have
<extensions>before and</extensions>after the entirety of the extensions added in this file. If you are looking for help with this, please contact us at support@specifysoftware.org.You will have to create an additional query (or queries) that include all of the information necessary for the extension you wish to add to the XML.
For each extension, the header information must contain the GBIF rowType URL in its contents. It will require the rowType to be defined in the heading before the queries. (Seen above)
<!-- GGBN Material Sample Extension –> <extension rowType="http://data.ggbn.org/schemas/ggbn/terms/MaterialSample">After this section, insert your queries. Close the entire extension using
</extension>.You can share the metadata associated with attachments using this feature. Please let us know if you are interested in setting up any extensions and are looking for guidance!
Example from the KU Fish Voucher Collection:
DwCA_voucher.xml (15.7 KB)
Creating the Metadata File
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You will need to create or download the Ecological Metadata Language, or EML file that will be associated with your data set.
For this collection, we could download the EML metadata from an occurrence dataset already uploaded on GBIF.
Go to Download → GBIF annotated metadata (EML) to download the EML file for your given collection’s dataset.
Here is an example of an EML file:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <eml:eml packageId="doi:10.xxxx/eml.1.1" system="https://doi.org" xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:stmml="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0 xsd/eml.xsd"> <dataset> <title>Primary production of algal species from Southeast Alaska, 1990-2002</title> <creator id="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-4738"> <individualName> <givenName>Matthew</givenName> <givenName>B.</givenName> <surName>Jones</surName> </individualName> <electronicMailAddress>jones@nceas.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress> <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-4738</userId> </creator> <keywordSet> <keyword>biomass</keyword> <keyword>productivity</keyword> </keywordSet> <contact> <references>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-4738</references> </contact> </dataset> </eml:eml>If you do not have any data uploaded to GBIF or another source to gather an EML file, you can generate one for the first time using this tool from GBIF Norway:
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Repeat steps 7-10 to create a new app resource at the same level as the resource we created in the previous steps. This new app resource can be named anything and it will contain the metadata that was acquired or created in the previous step.
In this instance, I am creating a new file named
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Use the Load File option in the top right and select the downloaded or created EML file. Alternatively, you can paste the EML file into the resource editor.
This is the same as the example EML I shared above.
Creating the ExportFeed App Resource
- Create an ExportFeed app resource under the Global Resources section at the very top of the App Resources sidebar.
You can have multiple items for each collection you wish to export.
Finding IDs for ExportFeed
userID
Append the following to your base Specify 7 installation URL:
/specify/query/new/specifyuser/
Example: https://sp7demofish.specifycloud.org/specify/query/new/specifyuser/
Add Username and ID to the query (enable hidden fields if necessary):
Find your current user and copy the ID.
collectionID
Append the following to your base Specify 7 installation URL:
/context/domain.json
Example: https://sp7demofish.specifycloud.org/context/domain.json
You will either see a JSON printout or it will be nicely visualized by your browser. In either case, you can copy the ID next to collection.
id (Collection GUID)
Append the following to your base Specify 7 installation URL:
/specify/query/new/collection/
Example: https://sp7demofish.specifycloud.org/specify/query/new/collection/
Add Collection Name and GUID to the query (enable hidden fields if necessary):
Find the desired collection you are exporting and copy the GUID.
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To start, you will go to app resources in the user tools menu.
After that, you will click Add resource, then select app resource, and then select RSS Export Feed.
Once you create it, you will see the visual editor for ExportFeed. At the top of the visual editor, you will see two fields.
One is the ‘Title’ field, which has placeholder text indicating that this is where you title the export feed.
The ‘Description’ field allows you to give a description to the feed overall.
In the ‘Language’ field, you can specify the language for the export.
Under the Exports header, there is a green Add button. This is where you can add one or many export definitions for your RSS feed.
You can specify a particular export within this export feed definition.
Here is where you assign a ‘Title’ to the specific export (e.g. KU Fish), a description for the export, and the file name that will be used when downloading the export. You can specify a unique identifier and GUID to uniquely identify the specific export within the feed.
You need to select the ‘DwCA Resource’ and ‘Metadata Resource’ you created previously.
In our example, DwCA_FishCollection is the ‘DwCA Resource’, and DwCA_Metadata is the ‘Metadata Resource’.
From that point, you will need to set the “Run as user” to the current user using the 
(search) function. Optionally, you can specify the user you wish to send a notification to when it is published by setting the “Send completion notification to user”.
Note: You may wish to set a table format for the Specify User. Without one, it will return with the result
<formatter not defined.>
Lastly, you need to choose what collection you want the export feed to use.
If you have multiple collections you want to export, you can click the add button again and redo this step for a different collection.
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Once again, click on
Your Username in the navigation menu to access the User Tools menu.Now click Update RSS Feed.
Click Update.
You will now see an update started message. You can safely dismiss this window.
You have now started your first RSS feed export!
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Once it is complete, you will receive a notification with a link to download the RSS feed export.
Export feed endpoint
When a valid ExportFeed resource is present at the Global Resources app resource level, the RSS feed URL will become active and return the generated RSS feed:
https://ichthyology.specify.ku.edu/export/rss/
Replace ichthyology.specify.ku.edu with your base URL.
Output
The data contained in this file is only for educational purposes, not representative of actual KU Ichthyology data.
example-dwca.zip (2.0 MB)
Validating with GBIF
To ensure that the export was constructed correctly before submitting to GBIF, you can upload a ZIP file of your DwCA export (or provide a direct link) to the GBIF Data Validator site.
The ZIP file is created and made available to download through the Create DwC Archive option in the User Tools menu.
After clicking Create DwC Archive, you are prompted to first select the DwCA definition XML file, and then the Metadata XML resource for the collection from the available App Resources.
Once the export request is done, you will receive a new notification with the file status. If successful, you can then download the ZIP file directly from Notifications.
To use this tool, please log in with your GBIF account. It provides warnings and feedback on your EML metadata and occurrence data. It also ensures that your data can be shared with GBIF without any problems.