# Mapping fields between Specify7 and Darwin Core

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**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/mapping-fields-between-specify7-and-darwin-core/3187 "2025-12-05T11:03:03Z")\
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Hi @elenimou,

Thanks for your question! Yes, there is a way to map Specify fields to Darwin Core. This is part of the exporting and data publishing setup that is described in this guide:

> [@Exporting & Publishing Data using Darwin Core (DwCA) (GBIF, iDigBio, etc.)](https://speciforum.org/t/exporting-publishing-data-using-darwin-core-dwca-gbif-idigbio-etc/568):
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> book 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. open_book Introduction to Data Publishing Publishing your collection’s data to global biodiversity networks like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and iDigBio makes it discoverable and accessible to a worldwide audience. This process contributes to a global understanding of biodiversity and allows your insti…

Field mappings are per export mapping (per query), so they are not globally applied to all collections.

For example, you can map terms like `license`, `accessRights`, or `basisOfRecord` to fields in a table (like the ‘Institution’ table) as this will be the same for all records:

```xml
<field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/license" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.copyright" oper="8" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/>
<field term="http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights" stringId="1,23,26,96,94.institution.termsOfUse" oper="8" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/>
<field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basisOfRecord" stringId="1,23.collection.collectionType" oper="8" value="" isNot="false" isRelFld="false"/>

```

You could add a value you wish to use for the [`rightsHolder`](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dcterms:rightsHolder) term to the ‘Institution’ table and include it in your mapping! This could simply the the `institution.Name` field. 🙂

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