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  <DatasetProvider>
    <DatasetProviderKey>NBDC</DatasetProviderKey>
  </DatasetProvider>
  <DatasetContact>
    <ContactName>Oisín Duffy</ContactName>
    <PostalAddress>SETU West Campus, Carraiganore, Co. Waterford</PostalAddress>
    <EmailAddress>oduffy@biodiversityireland.ie</EmailAddress>
  </DatasetContact>
  <DatasetGroup>
    <DatasetGroupKey>NBDCSYS100000010</DatasetGroupKey>
  </DatasetGroup>
  <DatasetInformation>
    <DatasetKey>IrishStoatsofIreland</DatasetKey>
    <DatasetTitle>Irish Stoats of Ireland</DatasetTitle>
    <DataSubject>To increase our knowledge of the distribution of the Irish Stoat in Ireland</DataSubject>
    <MethodsOfDataCapture>Records submitted through Ireland's Citizen Science Portal to the National Biodiversity Data Centre</MethodsOfDataCapture>
    <PurposeOfDataCapture>To increase our knowledge of the distribution of Irish Stoat in Ireland</PurposeOfDataCapture>
    <GeographicCoverage>The island of Ireland</GeographicCoverage>
    <TemporalCoverage>2016-2024</TemporalCoverage>
    <DataQuality>All records validated by Vicky Knight (Vincent Wildlife Trust)</DataQuality>
    <DatasetOriginalFormat>SQL database</DatasetOriginalFormat>
    <DatasetStatus>Complete up to date July 2024</DatasetStatus>
    <DatasetType>Terrestrial</DatasetType>
  </DatasetInformation>
  <LicenseInformation>
    <DataLicense>CC-BY</DataLicense>
  </LicenseInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Observation type</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>A description of the observation made</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Habitat description</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>A description of the habitat in which the organism was recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Life stage</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>A description of the life stage of the organism recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>County</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Name of administrative county within which the record was made</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Abundance</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Measure of abundance of the organism recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <ValidationInformation>
    <UnderValidation>false</UnderValidation>
  </ValidationInformation>
</DatasetMetadata>