What I make of it
The biodiversity occurrence model behind GBIF.
Darwin Core
Information Model
Biodiversity
openly published
Model Details
Steward
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Layer
Information Model
Domain
Biodiversity
Status
live
Access
Openly published
How I know this
Compiled for the API Evangelist data model catalog, then confirmed against the steward's own site.
Confirmed
2026-08-11
Evidence: name evidence 2/2. Found something wrong? Tell me — corrections are cheap and I would rather be right.
Modernity Profile
66.3
Modernizing
Access
Open
Assessed
83.0% of the rubric
A separate measure from the Kin Score, which rates API providers. This rates how current a standard is in how it is expressed, published and paid for — not how good it is. EDIFACT and X12 score low here and move an enormous share of world trade.