Releases
A new release follows each weekly update. Releases never change once published, so any result can be cited and checked later.
Every release
Follow new releases, corrections and withdrawals in a feed reader: the releases feed (Atom).
- 2026-11-13current
4,242 species · 11,476 county results · 37,025 added, 0 changed, 0 removed
How releases work
- A release is made after each weekly update, unless nothing published would change. Its ID is its date.
current.jsonnames the current release;releases.jsonlists them all.- The first release after each monthly GBIF comparison is registered with GBIF and gets a DOI. Others name the registered release they build on.
- Releases are kept indefinitely. One with a safety or rights problem is withdrawn: its files are deleted, and it stays listed here with the reason.
Format versions
Each file names its format and version, such as county-weekly/1.0. Adding a field is a minor version and never breaks a reader. Removing or changing a field is a major version: releases then carry both versions for 6 months, announced in notes.json.