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<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Alex Thompson <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:godfoder@acis.ufl.edu" target="_blank" class="">godfoder@acis.ufl.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    I'm kind of seconding Rod here.<br class="">
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    It might make more sense, depending on your use case and local
    computer resources, to just get a download of Plantae *AND* Brazil
    from GBIF periodically, then process that to exclude existing
    Brazilian datasets. You could then use something like Apache hadoop
    / spark to efficiently split the file by dataset or by institution
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    This would greatly simplify your interactions with GBIF (down to
    just periodically generating a download programmatically) and you
    would have an easy place to insert any additional data
    transformations you want. This is the path i take for my work at
    least - the incremental cost of a couple million more records is
    worth the reduction in complexity overall.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
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    <div class="">On 09/09/2015 12:16 PM, Eduardo Dalcin
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            <div class="gmail_default">Hi Rod,</div>
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            <div class="gmail_default">The real purpose is to have a
              list of UUID and the "source web page" for the data set.
              Thus, one way to do it is to select those resources that
              counts <> 0 for PLANTAE *AND* Brazil.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_default">I don't want to do any stats
              analysis, but feed up one local harverster / agregator.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_default">The problem is, considering the
              reply from Jan Legind at Sep 3, we have to check one by
              one (<a href="https://goo.gl/3wysaA" target="_blank" class="">https://goo.gl/3wysaA</a>)
              to check if it is a Herbarium / Preserved Specimen
              (Plantae) or not, from the request <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" target="_blank" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a>.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_default">Does it make sense?<br class="">
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            <div class="gmail_default">Thanks for your curiosity! :)</div>
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            <div class="gmail_default">Cheers,</div>
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          Roderic Page <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:Roderic.Page@glasgow.ac.uk" target="_blank" class="">Roderic.Page@glasgow.ac.uk</a>></span>
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                by country, or to get all the plant occurrences for
                Brazil? The later can be obtained by downloading all
                plant occurrences in Brazil <a href="http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&COUNTRY=BR" target="_blank" class="">http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&COUNTRY=BR</a> (you

                could then compute the per-dataset stats locally). I
                realise that this isn’t as convenient as having GBIF
                slice the data for you in the API.<br class="">
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                              <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Markus,</div>
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                              <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Yes, that's a
                                shame I can't have country and "nub"
                                together. There is any hope about it?</div>
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                              <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 3,
                                2015 at 4:29 PM, Markus Döring <span dir="ltr" class="">
                                  <<a href="mailto:mdoering@gbif.org" target="_blank" class="">mdoering@gbif.org</a>></span>
                                wrote:<br class="">
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                                  Eduardo,<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  as you might have seen from my issue
                                  comment the webservice uses a
                                  different parameter name for taxonKey
                                  which is a bug we need to fix at some
                                  point.<br class="">
                                  Please use nubKey for now to use the
                                  service like that:<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?nubKey=6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?nubKey=6</a><br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  The real problem for you will be that
                                  we do not support the combination of
                                  the country and the taxon filter, just
                                  one of the two. So you cannot search
                                  for plants in Brazil I am afraid, just
                                  for datasets about Brazil and datasets
                                  with plant records.<br class="">
                                  <span class=""><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
                                      Markus<br class="">
                                    </font></span><span class=""><br class="">
                                    <br class="">
                                    <br class="">
                                    > On 03 Sep 2015, at 14:12,
                                    Eduardo Dalcin <<a href="mailto:edalcin@jbrj.org" target="_blank" class="">edalcin@jbrj.org</a>>
                                    wrote:<br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                    > Thanks Jan. I'll keep exploring
                                    and I'll be in touch, if I need.<br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                    > Best,<br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                    > Eduardo<br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                    ><br class="">
                                  </span>
                                  <div class="">
                                    <div class="">>
                                      --------------------------------<br class="">
                                      > Eduardo Dalcin<br class="">
                                      > Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim
                                      Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ<br class="">
                                      > e-mail: <a href="mailto:edalcin@jbrj.gov.br" target="_blank" class="">edalcin@jbrj.gov.br</a><br class="">
                                      > Trabalho / Work: <a href="tel:%2B55%2021%203204%202116" value="+552132042116" target="_blank" class="">
                                        +55 21 3204 2116</a><br class="">
                                      >
                                      --------------------------------<br class="">
                                      > e-mail alternativo / 
                                      alternate email: <a href="mailto:edalcin@jbrj.org" target="_blank" class="">
                                        edalcin@jbrj.org</a><br class="">
                                      >
                                      --------------------------------<br class="">
                                      > Agendar reunião / Schedule a
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                                        http://agendar.dalc.in</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:51
                                      AM, Jan Legind [GBIF] <<a href="mailto:jlegind@gbif.org" target="_blank" class="">jlegind@gbif.org</a>>
                                      wrote:<br class="">
                                      > Dear Eduardo,<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Thanks for getting in touch
                                      with us about these issues.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > The first request <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a>
                                      returns the number of records
                                      located in Brazil for the facets
                                      in the request.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > The second query <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a>
                                      uses the Occurrence Inventories
                                      web service
                                      <a href="http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#inventories" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#inventories</a> which does not
                                      support the basis-of-record facet
                                      in the /datasets request. I
                                      understand that it would be better
                                      if the API response yielded an
                                      error message in this instance.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Concerning the other issues –
                                      you are indeed right that the
                                      counts do not make sense in the
                                      context of taxon key 6 which is
                                      Plantae. Actually the API does not
                                      handle the taxonKey search at all,
                                      contrary to what the documentation
                                      states:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > /occurrence/counts/datasets<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > GET<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Counts<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Lists occurrence counts for
                                      datasets that cover a given taxon
                                      or country.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > country, taxonKey<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > As you can see here, <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?taxonKey=6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?taxonKey=6</a> , this
                                      request doesn’t return anything.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > The GBIF developers will
                                      handle this issue in due time.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > You can follow the issue in
                                      our bug tracking service here: <a href="http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-2828" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-2828</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > With best regards,<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Jan K. Legind<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Data manager, GBIF
                                      Secretariat<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > From: API-users [mailto:<a href="mailto:api-users-bounces@lists.gbif.org" target="_blank" class="">api-users-bounces@lists.gbif.org</a>]
                                      On Behalf Of Eduardo Dalcin<br class="">
                                      > Sent: 2. september 2015 20:06<br class="">
                                      > To: <a href="mailto:api-users@lists.gbif.org" target="_blank" class="">api-users@lists.gbif.org</a>;
                                      <a href="mailto:dev@gbif.org" target="_blank" class="">dev@gbif.org</a><br class="">
                                      > Cc: João Monnerat Lanna;
                                      Natália Queiroz; Diogo Silva;
                                      Laura; Ricardo Avancini<br class="">
                                      > Subject: [API-users] Some
                                      questions from a begginer<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Hi folks,<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > This is my first message to
                                      the list. So, please, be nice :)<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > I'm working here at Rio de
                                      Janeiro Botanical Garden, together
                                      with the guys at the National
                                      Center for Flora Conservation. We
                                      are doing the risk assessment of
                                      the Brazilian flora to the
                                      government. We assess, so far, the
                                      risk of ca. 6.000 species, but we
                                      still have to assess ca. 35.000.
                                      Access occurrence records for
                                      Brazil is crucial, and every
                                      occurrence is important.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > That means that we have to
                                      put together occurrence data from
                                      different sources and, after the
                                      first batch of the risk
                                      assessment, we realize that we
                                      need to build up our aggregator.
                                      We are planning to do this with
                                      the Lontra-harvester, with the
                                      help of the guys at Brazilian GBIF
                                      Node.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > So, the one of the firsts
                                      steps was to list the available
                                      resources to understand the
                                      dimension of the task and, that
                                      brings me to my questions.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > First:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > The request:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > returns 4.982.689 records<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > And the request:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > returns (here) 7.406.310
                                      records<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Comments?<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Second:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > The request:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > <a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > return things like this:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      >
                                      "197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862":27629<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > But the consult of the same
                                      dataset:<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > <a href="http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&DATASET_KEY=197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&DATASET_KEY=197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Returns "null" (of course, is
                                      a FishBase!)<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > I have plenty of examples
                                      like this, on yellow here (not
                                      finished!):<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc/edit?usp=sharing</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Comments?<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > I think those two questions
                                      is a good start. Please, let me
                                      know if I'm doing something wrong.<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Cheers,<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Eduardo<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      >
                                      --------------------------------<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Eduardo Dalcin<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim
                                      Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > e-mail: <a href="mailto:edalcin@jbrj.gov.br" target="_blank" class="">edalcin@jbrj.gov.br</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > Trabalho / Work: <a href="tel:%2B55%2021%203204%202116" value="+552132042116" target="_blank" class="">
                                        +55 21 3204 2116</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      >
                                      --------------------------------<br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      > e-mail alternativo / 
                                      alternate email: <a href="mailto:edalcin@jbrj.org" target="_blank" class="">
                                        edalcin@jbrj.org</a><br class="">
                                      ><br class="">
                                      >
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                                      ><br class="">
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                                        http://agendar.dalc.in</a><br class="">
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