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Dataset Title:	Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations
Institution:	None (Dataset ID: diveboard)
Range:	longitude = -159.8 to 180.0°E, latitude = -46.88 to 70.5°N, time = 1972-08-18T10:30:00Z to 2014-11-19T14:50:00Z
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
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  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Taxon of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SCNAME01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "scientificname";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
  }
  BasisOfRecord {
    String long_name "BasisOfRecord";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  InstitutionCode {
    String long_name "InstitutionCode";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  YearCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1972.0, 2014.0;
    String long_name "YearCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MonthCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 12.0;
    String long_name "MonthCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  DayCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 31.0;
    String long_name "DayCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 8.29818e+7, 1.4164086e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CJDY1101";
  }
  TimeOfDay {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 23.83;
    String long_name "TimeOfDay";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MinimumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    String long_name "MinimumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MaximumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 500.0;
    String long_name "MaximumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -159.8, 180.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALONZZ01";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -46.88, 70.5;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALATZZ01";
  }
  aphia_id {
    Float32 actual_range 101.0, 23090.0;
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Identifier (LSID) of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SNANID01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "aphia_id";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
  occurrenceID {
    String long_name "occurrenceID";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  Sampling_instrument_name {
    String long_name "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Sampling instrument name";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:Q01::Q0100002";
    String standard_name "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/q01/current/q0100002/";
    String units "Sampling_instrument_name";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/";
    String uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/";
  }
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  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConID "19";
    String AccConstrDescription "CC0 enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators and owners of copyright- or database-protected content to waive those interests in their works and thereby place them as completely as possible in the public domain, so that others may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.";
    String AccConstrDisplay "To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.";
    String AccConstrEN "CC 0 (No Rights Reserved)";
    String AccessConstraint "CC 0 (No Rights Reserved)";
    String AccessConstraints "None";
    String Acronym "None";
    String added_date "2014-11-27 13:17:24.500000";
    String BrackishFlag "0";
    String CDate "2014-02-25";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "0";
    String Citation "Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations. Online at http://www.diveboard.com and http://ipt.diveboard.com/resource.do?r=diveboard-occurrences.";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Brosens, Casassovici";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "4542";
    String DasOrigin "Citizen science";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DateLastModified "{'date': '2024-06-28 01:34:14.683000', 'timezone_type': 1, 'timezone': '+00:00'}";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "0";
    String DOI "10.15468/tnjrgy";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 180.0;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract "Diveboard is an online scuba diving citizen science platform, where divers can digitize or log their dives, participate in citizen science surveys and projects, and interact with others. More then 10,000 divers have already registered with Diveboard and the community is still growing. This dataset contains all observations made by Diveboarders worldwide (mainly fishes) and are linked to the Encyclopedia of Life. The Diveboard community has dedicated the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver, so these can be used as widely as possible. If you have a specific survey need or question, get in touch: Diveboarders are everywhere and willing to help!";
    String EngDescr 
"Purpose - Diveboarders share their data with the desire to help the scientific community in research towards protecting the biodiversity of our oceans, seas, and freshwater bodies. So far, the data are not generated with any overarching purpose, other than completing ones personal digital log of dives.

Additional information - The data is collected with the help of divers all around the world. If you have questions regarding surveying specific dive sites, you can contact us at support@diveboard.com and we will see what we can do. The dataset was standardized, documented and published with the help of Datafable, a team of open data volunteers. The process is documented here: https://github.com/Datafable/diveboard-gbif.

Taxonomic coverage - The dataset covers animals (and very few plants) observed during scuba dives performed by members of the Diveboard community. Close to 80% of the observations are fishes (Actinopterygii and Elasmobranchii). Diveboarders can log their dives online, including the species they observed, using the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org) as a checklist. Most of the observations are identified to species level, though some caution regarding the identifications is appropriate. In case of doubt, the observer/identifier can be contacted via the references field, which references his/her Diveboard profile.

Study extent - The dataset covers recorded observations made during scuba dives performed by members of the Diveboard community. As such there is no specific geographic or temporal study extent, although most dives logged on Diveboard were conducted in well known divespots, such as reefs and wrecks. In a later phase, specific surveys might also be logged on Diveboard.

Sampling description - Observations are not recorded with a specific goal in mind and only reflect what the diver has noticed during the dive. Divers rarely conduct a full inventory of a dive spot, so the observed species only represent part of the occurring species at the time of the dive. There is a sampling bias for known, interesting, noticeable and/or rare species.

Quality control - The Diveboard application restricts divers to only record species found in the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org). As such, all observations are linked to an EOL page in the field taxonID. It is important to note that the data are not validated by specialists.

Method - Event and location conditions (date, time, depth, etc.) are often logged automatically by the dive computer. This data can be imported or manually added by the diver in the Diveboard application, while observed species are added manually. These actions can be done just after surfacing, as the Diveboard application is available online and as a mobile app, which allows divers to record their dive even if no internet connection is available.";
    String FreshFlag "0";
    String GBIF_UUID "66f6192f-6cc0-45fd-a2d1-e76f5ae3eab2";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 70.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -46.88;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 180.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -159.8;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:05:16Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:05:16Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/tabledap/diveboard.das";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String institution "None";
    String keywords "aphia_id, BasisOfRecord, DayCollected, https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, MaximumDepth, MinimumDepth, MonthCollected, occurrenceID, ScientificName, time, TimeOfDay, YearCollected";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String Lineage "None";
    String MarineFlag "1";
    String modified_sync "2021-02-04 00:00:00";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 70.5;
    String OrigAbstract "None";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "None";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "None";
    String OrigLangCode "None";
    String OrigLangCodeExtended "None";
    String OrigLangID "None";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "None";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "None";
    String OrigTitleLangID "None";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "None";
    String Progress "In Progress";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "None";
    String ReleaseDate0 "None";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "17.690 occurrences";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -46.88;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations";
    String StatusID "1";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,BasisOfRecord,YearCollected,MonthCollected,DayCollected,aphia_id";
    String summary "Diveboard is an online scuba diving citizen science platform, where divers can digitize or log their dives, participate in citizen science surveys and projects, and interact with others. More then 10,000 divers have already registered with Diveboard and the community is still growing. This dataset contains all observations made by Diveboarders worldwide (mainly fishes) and are linked to the Encyclopedia of Life. The Diveboard community has dedicated the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver, so these can be used as widely as possible. If you have a specific survey need or question, get in touch: Diveboarders are everywhere and willing to help!";
    String TerrestrialFlag "0";
    String time_coverage_end "2014-11-19T14:50:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1972-08-18T10:30:00Z";
    String title "Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations";
    String UDate "2022-08-16";
    String VersionDate "None";
    String VersionDay "None";
    String VersionMonth "None";
    String VersionName "None";
    String VersionYear "None";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -159.8;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form or Subset form. They make the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.