diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9f2d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Run pytests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "develop" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "develop" ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ff764f..adabe18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ poetry shell
 poetry install
 ```
 
+* To update the darwin core terms supported in dwcahandler package
+```
+poetry run update-dwc-terms
+```
+
 ### Build
 To build dwcahandler package
 ```
@@ -62,4 +67,48 @@ ext_csvs = [CsvFileType(files=['/tmp/multimedia.csv'], type='multimedia')]
 DwcaHandler.create_dwca(core_csv=core_csv, ext_csv_list=ext_csvs, output_dwca_path='/tmp/dwca.zip')
 ```
 
+* Merge Darwin Core Archive
+```
+from dwcahandler import DwcaHandler
 
+DwcaHandler.merge_dwca(dwca_file='/tmp/dwca.zip', delta_dwca_file=/tmp/delta-dwca.zip,
+                       output_dwca_path='/tmp/new-dwca.zip', 
+                       keys_lookup={'occurrence':'occurrenceID'})
+```
+
+* Delete Rows from core file in Darwin Core Archive
+```
+from dwcahandler import CsvFileType
+from dwcahandler import DwcaHandler
+
+delete_csv = CsvFileType(files=['/tmp/old-records.csv'], type='occurrence', keys='occurrenceID')
+
+DwcaHandler.delete_records(dwca_file='/tmp/dwca.zip',
+                           records_to_delete=delete_csv, 
+                           output_dwca_path='/tmp/new-dwca.zip')
+```
+
+* Other usages may include subclassing the dwca class, modifying the core dataframe content and rebuilding the dwca.
+```
+from dwcahandler import Dwca
+
+class DerivedDwca(Dwca):
+    """
+    Derived class to perform other custom operations that is not included as part of the core operations
+    """
+    def _drop_columns(self):
+        """
+        Drop existing column in the core content
+        """
+        self.core_content.df_content.drop(columns=['column1', 'column2'], inplace=True)
+        self._update_meta_fields(self.core_content)
+
+
+dwca = DerivedDwca(dwca_file_loc='/tmp/dwca.zip')
+dwca._extract_dwca()
+dwca._drop_columns()
+dwca._generate_eml()
+dwca._generate_meta()
+dwca._write_dwca('/tmp/newdwca.zip')
+
+```
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d853931..0dc3413 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,161 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+
+[[package]]
+name = "certifi"
+version = "2023.11.17"
+description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "certifi-2023.11.17-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e036ab49d5b79556f99cfc2d9320b34cfbe5be05c5871b51de9329f0603b0474"},
+    {file = "certifi-2023.11.17.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9b469f3a900bf28dc19b8cfbf8019bf47f7fdd1a65a1d4ffb98fc14166beb4d1"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "charset-normalizer"
+version = "3.3.2"
+description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
+files = [
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+
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+
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-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 description = "Python package to handle Darwin Core Archive (DwCA) operations. This includes creating a DwCA zip file from one or more csvs, reading a DwCA, merge two DwCAs, validate DwCA and delete records from DwCA based on one or more key columns"
 authors = ["Atlas of Living Australia data team <support@ala.org.au>"]
 maintainers = ["Atlas of Living Australia data team <support@ala.org.au>"]
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ license = "MPL-1.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
-pandas = "^2.1.1"
+python = ">=3.9"
+pandas = "^2.1.0"
+requests = "^2.31.0"
+pytest = "^7.4.3"
+pytest-mock = "^3.12.0"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+update-dwc-terms = "dwcahandler.scripts.update_dwc_terms:update_terms"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b89a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pandas==2.1.0
+requests==2.31.0
+pytest==7.4.3
+pytest-mock==3.12.0
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/__init__.py b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/__init__.py
index f2509ca..0f44955 100644
--- a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/__init__.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
 
 # Imports at end of file to allow classes to be used
+from .terms import Terms
 from .dwca_meta import Element, MetaElementTypes, MetaElementInfo, MetaDwCA
 from .base_dwca import BaseDwca
 from .core_dwca import Dwca, DfContent
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_factory.py b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_factory.py
index 46de357..7d5f06f 100644
--- a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_factory.py
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_factory.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
-from dwcahandler.dwca import CsvFileType, BaseDwca, Dwca, LargeDwca
+import pandas as pd
+from dwcahandler.dwca import CsvFileType, BaseDwca, Dwca, LargeDwca, Terms
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -141,6 +143,12 @@ def get_dwca_from_dwca_file(dwca_file: str, use_chunking: bool = False, work_dir
 
 
 class DwcaHandler:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def list_dwc_terms() -> pd.DataFrame:
+        return Terms().dwc_terms_df
+
+
     """Perform various DwCA operations"""
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_meta.py b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_meta.py
index 645589e..91b9f9b 100644
--- a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_meta.py
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/dwca_meta.py
@@ -8,21 +8,16 @@
 """
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from xml.dom import minidom
-import pandas as pd
-from dwcahandler.dwca import CSVEncoding, CoreOrExtType
+from dwcahandler.dwca import CSVEncoding, CoreOrExtType, Terms
 import urllib
-from pathlib import Path
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict
 from typing import ClassVar
 from typing import Optional
-import os
 import re
 
-this_dir, this_filename = os.path.split(__file__)
 
-
-@dataclass()
-class Element():
+@dataclass
+class Element:
     """A mapping of a name to a URI, giving the class of a row type"""
     name: str
     row_type_ns: str
@@ -113,41 +108,30 @@ class Field:
 
 
 @dataclass
-class MetaElementAttributes():
+class MetaElementAttributes:
     """A meta-description of a DwCA file"""
     meta_element_type: MetaElementInfo
     fields: list[Field] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
-def absolute_file_paths(directory):
-    """Convert files in a directory into absolute paths and return
-    as a a generator
-
-    :param directory: The directory to scan.
-    :return: An absolute file path.
-    """
-    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(directory):
-        for f in filenames:
-            if re.fullmatch(r'.+\..*', f):
-                yield os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath, f))
-
-
-@dataclass()
+@dataclass
 class MetaDwCA:
     """Complete Metadata for a DwCA including dataset metadata and schema information"""
     EML_XML_FILENAME: str = field(default='eml.xml')
     dwca_meta: ET.Element = field(init=False)
     meta_elements: list[MetaElementAttributes] = field(default_factory=list, init=False)
-    TERMS: list[Path] = field(default_factory=lambda: [c for c in absolute_file_paths(f"{this_dir}/terms")], init=False)
 
     def __post_init__(self):
-        self.terms_df = pd.DataFrame()
-        for term in self.TERMS:
+        self.terms_df = Terms().terms_df
+
+        """
+        for term in self.TERMS_PATH:
             df = pd.read_csv(term, dtype='str')
             if not self.terms_df.empty:
                 self.terms_df = self.terms_df.merge(df, how='outer', left_on=['term', 'uri'], right_on=['term', 'uri'])
             else:
                 self.terms_df = df
+        """
         # initialise own instance of meta content
         self.dwca_meta = ET.Element('archive')
 
@@ -161,10 +145,10 @@ def extract_field_attr_value(field, attrib):
         meta_element_info = MetaElementInfo(core_or_ext_type=core_or_ext_type,
                                             type=MetaElementTypes.get_element_by_row_type(node_elm.attrib['rowType']),
                                             csv_encoding=CSVEncoding(
-                                                csv_delimiter=node_elm.attrib['fieldsTerminatedBy'],
-                                                csv_eol=node_elm.attrib['linesTerminatedBy'],
-                                                csv_text_enclosure=node_elm.attrib['fieldsEnclosedBy'] if
-                                                node_elm.attrib['fieldsEnclosedBy'] != '' else '"'),
+                                            csv_delimiter=node_elm.attrib['fieldsTerminatedBy'],
+                                            csv_eol=node_elm.attrib['linesTerminatedBy'],
+                                            csv_text_enclosure=node_elm.attrib['fieldsEnclosedBy'] if
+                                            node_elm.attrib['fieldsEnclosedBy'] != '' else '"'),
                                             ignore_header_lines=node_elm.attrib['ignoreHeaderLines'],
                                             charset_encoding=node_elm.attrib['encoding'],
                                             file_name=file_name)
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms.py b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d81805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import pandas as pd
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+
+this_dir, this_filename = os.path.split(__file__)
+
+def absolute_file_paths(directory):
+    """Convert files in a directory into absolute paths and return
+    as a generator
+
+    :param directory: The directory to scan.
+    :return: An absolute file path.
+    """
+    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(directory):
+        for f in filenames:
+            if re.fullmatch(r'.+\..*', f):
+                yield os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath, f))
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Terms:
+    TERMS_DWC_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tdwg/rs.tdwg.org/master/terms/terms.csv"
+    DWC_FILENAME = 'darwin-core-terms.csv'
+    DUBLIN_CORE_FILENAME = 'dublin-core-terms.csv'
+    TERMS_DIR = f"{this_dir}/terms"
+    DWC_FILE_PATH = f"{TERMS_DIR}/{DWC_FILENAME}"
+    DUBLIN_CORE_PATH = f"{TERMS_DIR}/{DUBLIN_CORE_FILENAME}"
+
+    terms_path: list[Path] = field(default_factory=lambda: [c for c in absolute_file_paths(Terms.TERMS_DIR)],
+                                   init=False)
+    terms_df: pd.DataFrame = field(default_factory=pd.DataFrame, init=False)
+    dwc_terms_df: pd.DataFrame = field(default_factory=pd.DataFrame, init=False)
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        def _add_to_df(existing_df: pd.DataFrame, df: pd.DataFrame):
+            if not existing_df.empty:
+                return existing_df.merge(df, how='outer', left_on=['term', 'uri'], right_on=['term', 'uri'])
+            return df
+
+        for term_path in self.terms_path:
+            df = pd.read_csv(term_path, dtype='str')
+            self.terms_df = _add_to_df(self.terms_df, df)
+            if term_path == Terms.DWC_FILE_PATH or term_path == Terms.DUBLIN_CORE_PATH:
+                self.dwc_terms_df = _add_to_df(self.dwc_terms_df, df)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def update_dwc_terms():
+        """
+        Pull the latest terms from gbif dwc csv url and update the darwin core vocab terms in the package
+        This is still WIP, do we to pull the
+        :return:
+        """
+        df = pd.read_csv(Terms.TERMS_DWC_URL, delimiter=",", encoding='utf-8', dtype='str')
+        df = df[df["term_deprecated"].isnull()]
+        dwc_df = pd.DataFrame()
+        dwc_df['term'] = df['term_localName']
+        dwc_df['uri'] = df['term_isDefinedBy'] + df['term_localName']
+        dwc_df.to_csv(Terms.DWC_FILE_PATH, index=False)
+        return dwc_df
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin_core-terms.csv b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin-core-terms.csv
similarity index 75%
rename from src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin_core-terms.csv
rename to src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin-core-terms.csv
index cdc5aab..e246f80 100644
--- a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin_core-terms.csv
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/darwin-core-terms.csv
@@ -1,34 +1,16 @@
-term,uri
-accessRights,http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
-bibliographicCitation,http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation
-language,http://purl.org/dc/terms/language
-license,http://purl.org/dc/terms/license
-modified,http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
-references,http://purl.org/dc/terms/references
-rights,http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights
-rightsHolder,http://purl.org/dc/terms/rightsHolder
-type,http://purl.org/dc/terms/type
+term,uri
 acceptedNameUsage,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsage
 acceptedNameUsageID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsageID
-acceptedScientificName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedScientificName
-acceptedScientificNameID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedScientificNameID
-acceptedTaxonID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedTaxonID
-acceptedTaxonName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedTaxonName
-acceptedTaxonNameID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedTaxonNameID
-accordingTo,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/accordingTo
-accuracy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/accuracy
 associatedMedia,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedMedia
 associatedOccurrences,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedOccurrences
 associatedOrganisms,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedOrganisms
 associatedReferences,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedReferences
 associatedSequences,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedSequences
 associatedTaxa,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedTaxa
-basionym,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basionym
-basionymID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basionymID
 basisOfRecord,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basisOfRecord
 bed,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/bed
 behavior,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/behavior
-binomial,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/binomial
+caste,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/caste
 catalogNumber,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber
 class,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class
 collectionCode,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode
@@ -39,6 +21,7 @@ coordinateUncertaintyInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/coordinateUncertainty
 country,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country
 countryCode,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/countryCode
 county,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/county
+cultivarEpithet,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/cultivarEpithet
 dataGeneralizations,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/dataGeneralizations
 datasetID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetID
 datasetName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetName
@@ -56,19 +39,12 @@ earliestEraOrLowestErathem,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestEraOrLowestErath
 earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
 endDayOfYear,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/endDayOfYear
 establishmentMeans,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/establishmentMeans
-eventAttributes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventAttributes
+Event,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event
 eventDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventDate
 eventID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventID
-eventMeasurementAccuracy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementAccuracy
-eventMeasurementDeterminedBy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementDeterminedBy
-eventMeasurementDeterminedDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementDeterminedDate
-eventMeasurementID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementID
-eventMeasurementRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementRemarks
-eventMeasurementType,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementType
-eventMeasurementUnit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementUnit
-eventMeasurementValue,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventMeasurementValue
 eventRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventRemarks
 eventTime,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventTime
+eventType,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventType
 family,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family
 fieldNotes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/fieldNotes
 fieldNumber,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/fieldNumber
@@ -76,8 +52,11 @@ footprintSpatialFit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintSpatialFit
 footprintSRS,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintSRS
 footprintWKT,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintWKT
 formation,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/formation
+FossilSpecimen,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/FossilSpecimen
+genericName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genericName
 genus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus
 geodeticDatum,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/geodeticDatum
+GeologicalContext,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/GeologicalContext
 geologicalContextID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/geologicalContextID
 georeferencedBy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedBy
 georeferencedDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedDate
@@ -90,11 +69,9 @@ habitat,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
 higherClassification,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherClassification
 higherGeography,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeography
 higherGeographyID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeographyID
-higherTaxonconceptID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherTaxonconceptID
-higherTaxonName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherTaxonName
-higherTaxonNameID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherTaxonNameID
 highestBiostratigraphicZone,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/highestBiostratigraphicZone
-identificationAttributes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationAttributes
+HumanObservation,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/HumanObservation
+Identification,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification
 identificationID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationID
 identificationQualifier,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationQualifier
 identificationReferences,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationReferences
@@ -103,8 +80,8 @@ identificationVerificationStatus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationVeri
 identifiedBy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedBy
 identifiedByID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedByID
 individualCount,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount
-individualID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualID
 informationWithheld,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/informationWithheld
+infragenericEpithet,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infragenericEpithet
 infraspecificEpithet,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet
 institutionCode,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode
 institutionID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionID
@@ -118,53 +95,51 @@ latestEraOrHighestErathem,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestEraOrHighestErathem
 latestPeriodOrHighestSystem,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
 lifeStage,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage
 lithostratigraphicTerms,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lithostratigraphicTerms
+LivingSpecimen,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/LivingSpecimen
 locality,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality
 locationAccordingTo,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationAccordingTo
-locationAttributes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationAttributes
 locationID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationID
 locationRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationRemarks
 lowestBiostratigraphicZone,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lowestBiostratigraphicZone
+MachineObservation,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MachineObservation
+MaterialCitation,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialCitation
+MaterialEntity,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialEntity
+materialEntityID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/materialEntityID
+materialEntityRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/materialEntityRemarks
+MaterialSample,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialSample
 materialSampleID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/materialSampleID
 maximumDepthInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters
-maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceIn,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceIn
+maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
 maximumElevationInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters
 measurementAccuracy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementAccuracy
 measurementDeterminedBy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementDeterminedBy
 measurementDeterminedDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementDeterminedDate
 measurementID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementID
 measurementMethod,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementMethod
+MeasurementOrFact,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MeasurementOrFact
 measurementRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementRemarks
 measurementType,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementType
 measurementUnit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementUnit
 measurementValue,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementValue
 member,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/member
 minimumDepthInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters
-minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceIn,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceIn
+minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
 minimumElevationInMeters,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters
 month,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/month
 municipality,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/municipality
 nameAccordingTo,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nameAccordingTo
 nameAccordingToID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nameAccordingToID
-namePublicationID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublicationID
 namePublishedIn,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedIn
 namePublishedInID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedInID
 namePublishedInYear,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedInYear
 nomenclaturalCode,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalCode
 nomenclaturalStatus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalStatus
-occurrenceAttributes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceAttributes
-occurrenceDetails,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceDetails
+Occurrence,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Occurrence
 occurrenceID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID
-occurrenceMeasurementAccuracy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementAccuracy
-occurrenceMeasurementDetermine,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementDetermine
-occurrenceMeasurementDetermin,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementDetermin
-occurrenceMeasurementID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementID
-occurrenceMeasurementRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementRemarks
-occurrenceMeasurementType,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementType
-occurrenceMeasurementUnit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementUnit
-occurrenceMeasurementValue,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceMeasurementValue
 occurrenceRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceRemarks
 occurrenceStatus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceStatus
 order,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order
+Organism,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Organism
 organismID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismID
 organismName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismName
 organismQuantity,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismQuantity
@@ -176,24 +151,27 @@ originalNameUsageID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/originalNameUsageID
 otherCatalogNumbers,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/otherCatalogNumbers
 ownerInstitutionCode,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ownerInstitutionCode
 parentEventID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/parentEventID
+parentMeasurementID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/parentMeasurementID
 parentNameUsage,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/parentNameUsage
 parentNameUsageID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/parentNameUsageID
 pathway,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/pathway
 phylum,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum
 pointRadiusSpatialFit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/pointRadiusSpatialFit
 preparations,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/preparations
+PreservedSpecimen,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/PreservedSpecimen
 previousIdentifications,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/previousIdentifications
 recordedBy,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy
 recordedByID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedByID
 recordNumber,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordNumber
 relatedResourceID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relatedResourceID
-relatedResourceType,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relatedResourceType
 relationshipAccordingTo,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipAccordingTo
 relationshipEstablishedDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipEstablishedDate
 relationshipOfResource,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipOfResource
+relationshipOfResourceID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipOfResourceID
 relationshipRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipRemarks
 reproductiveCondition,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/reproductiveCondition
 resourceID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/resourceID
+ResourceRelationship,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ResourceRelationship
 resourceRelationshipID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/resourceRelationshipID
 sampleSizeUnit,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sampleSizeUnit
 sampleSizeValue,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sampleSizeValue
@@ -202,32 +180,36 @@ samplingProtocol,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/samplingProtocol
 scientificName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName
 scientificNameAuthorship,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship
 scientificNameID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameID
-scientificNameRank,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameRank
 sex,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sex
 specificEpithet,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet
 startDayOfYear,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/startDayOfYear
 stateProvince,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince
+subfamily,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subfamily
 subgenus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subgenus
-taxonAccordingTo,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonAccordingTo
-taxonAttributes,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonAttributes
+subtribe,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subtribe
+superfamily,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/superfamily
+Taxon,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Taxon
 taxonConceptID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonConceptID
 taxonID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonID
-taxonNameID,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonNameID
 taxonomicStatus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonomicStatus
 taxonRank,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank
 taxonRemarks,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRemarks
+tribe,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/tribe
 typeStatus,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/typeStatus
 verbatimCoordinates,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinates
 verbatimCoordinateSystem,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinateSystem
 verbatimDepth,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
 verbatimElevation,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimElevation
 verbatimEventDate,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimEventDate
+verbatimIdentification,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimIdentification
+verbatimLabel,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLabel
 verbatimLatitude,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLatitude
 verbatimLocality,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLocality
 verbatimLongitude,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLongitude
-verbatimScientificNameRank,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimScientificNameRank
 verbatimSRS,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimSRS
 verbatimTaxonRank,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimTaxonRank
 vernacularName,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName
+verticalDatum,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verticalDatum
+vitality,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vitality
 waterBody,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/waterBody
-year,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/year
\ No newline at end of file
+year,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/year
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/dublin-core-terms.csv b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/dublin-core-terms.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa9100a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/dwca/terms/dublin-core-terms.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+term,uri
+abstract,http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
+accessRights,http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
+accrualMethod,http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualMethod
+accrualPeriodicity,http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPeriodicity
+accrualPolicy,http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPolicy
+alternative,http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative
+audience,http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
+available,http://purl.org/dc/terms/available
+bibliographicCitation,http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation
+conformsTo,http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo
+contributor,http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor
+coverage,http://purl.org/dc/terms/coverage
+created,http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
+creator,http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
+date,http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
+dateAccepted,http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateAccepted
+dateCopyrighted,http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateCopyrighted
+dateSubmitted,http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateSubmitted
+description,http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
+educationLevel,http://purl.org/dc/terms/educationLevel
+extent,http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent
+format,http://purl.org/dc/terms/format
+hasFormat,http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat
+hasPart,http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart
+hasVersion,http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion
+identifier,http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
+instructionalMethod,http://purl.org/dc/terms/instructionalMethod
+isFormatOf,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isFormatOf
+isPartOf,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
+isReferencedBy,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy
+isReplacedBy,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy
+isRequiredBy,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isRequiredBy
+issued,http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
+isVersionOf,http://purl.org/dc/terms/isVersionOf
+language,http://purl.org/dc/terms/language
+license,http://purl.org/dc/terms/license
+mediator,http://purl.org/dc/terms/mediator
+medium,http://purl.org/dc/terms/medium
+modified,http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
+provenance,http://purl.org/dc/terms/provenance
+publisher,http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher
+references,http://purl.org/dc/terms/references
+relation,http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
+replaces,http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces
+requires,http://purl.org/dc/terms/requires
+rights,http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights
+rightsHolder,http://purl.org/dc/terms/rightsHolder
+source,http://purl.org/dc/terms/source
+spatial,http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial
+subject,http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject
+tableOfContents,http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents
+temporal,http://purl.org/dc/terms/temporal
+title,http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
+type,http://purl.org/dc/terms/type
+valid,http://purl.org/dc/terms/valid
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dwcahandler/scripts/update_dwc_terms.py b/src/dwcahandler/scripts/update_dwc_terms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f21b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dwcahandler/scripts/update_dwc_terms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+A script called from cli for eg:
+   poetry run update-dwc-terms
+
+or github actions before doing the build
+WIP: Need to automatically pull vocabulary version date from tdwg github
+     and find a way to update Readme if possible
+    Do we need to implement pulling a specific version of vocab?? Still need to decide
+"""
+
+from dwcahandler.dwca.terms import Terms
+
+# Need to populate the Dwc term version programmatically
+DWC_TERM_VERSION = "2023-09-17"
+
+
+def update_terms():
+    """
+    Call the update_dwc_terms to get the latest version of tdwg dwc terms
+    Do we need to get a particular version of csv url to pass in??
+    """
+    Terms.update_dwc_terms()
diff --git a/tests/test_listterms.py b/tests/test_listterms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..999a192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_listterms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import pandas as pd
+from numpy import nan
+from dwcahandler.dwca import DwcaHandler, Terms
+
+class TestTerms():
+    """
+    Test for terms
+    """
+
+    def test_list_dwc_terms(self):
+        """
+        Test that mandatory terms are present
+        """
+        df = DwcaHandler.list_dwc_terms()
+        assert df.query('term == "occurrenceID"').shape[0] == 1
+        assert df.query('term == "basisOfRecord"').shape[0] == 1
+        assert df.query('term == "scientificName"').shape[0] == 1
+        assert df.query('term == "decimalLatitude"').shape[0] == 1
+        assert df.query('term == "decimalLongitude"').shape[0] == 1
+        assert df.query('term == "eventDate"').shape[0] == 1
+
+    def test_update_list_terms(self, mocker):
+        """
+        Test that the terms are stored in the correctly and deprecated terms are not brought over
+        """
+        mocker.patch('pandas.read_csv',
+                     return_value=pd.DataFrame(
+                         {"term_localName": ["occurrenceID", "basisOfRecord",
+                                             "scientificName", "oldTerm"],
+                          "term_isDefinedBy": ["http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/",
+                                               "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/",
+                                               "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/",
+                                               "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/"],
+                          "term_deprecated": [nan, nan, nan, "true"]}))
+        mocker.patch('pandas.DataFrame.to_csv')
+        return_dwc_df = Terms.update_dwc_terms()
+        pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(return_dwc_df,
+                      pd.DataFrame({"term": ["occurrenceID", "basisOfRecord",
+                                             "scientificName"],
+                                    "uri": ["http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceID",
+                                            "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basisOfRecord",
+                                            "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName"]}))