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Data standards, quality & licensing 5

• What are biodiversity data standards?
• What data standards does the VAL DE use?
• What is data licensing?
• How does the VAL integrate data?
• What is the VAL's open data policy?

Downloading Data 3

• How to download pre-generated downloads
• How to download a print-quality species occurrences map
• Why aren't shapefile downloads available any more?

Sharing Data with VAL 5

• Why should I share my data with the VAL?
• Who else is sharing data with the VAL?
• What information can I share with the VAL?
• Have you shared your information with another organization that may already be sharing the information with the VAL?
• Can organizations set up an automated process for data sharing?

Submitting data to the VAL 11

• What format should my data be in?
• Data upload templates
• What are the minimum mandatory fields needed by the VAL?
• How do I edit my data?
• What is the ‘basis of record’?

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