April 2022 - API-users - lists.gbif.org

DWC with "extra" images
by Matthew Cruz 02 May '22

02 May '22

What would happen in GBIF when processing a published DWC file if the metadata.txt file has an ID corresponding to an image, but that ID is not found in the occurrence.txt file? Does the image get ignored or published despite there being no corresponding metadata? What else can you tell me about this process? Thank you

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Fwd: GBIF Flagging
by Matthew Cruz 15 Apr '22

15 Apr '22

Hello, I support the team of University of Michigan Herbarium Collection Managers. They have asked me to assist them with clearing up GBIF data flagging regarding "Institution match fuzzy" and "Institution Collection Mismatch". I have two questions below in bold. I try to provide backstory along the way leading up to each question. I appreciate any help you can provide please. Here are two examples of the types of flagged data that I wish to correct. The first image is of an occurrence record from the University of Michigan [my institution]. The second image is from the New York Botanical Garden. Question 1: Is GBIF aware of a particular contributor that is currently very successful in having minimal numbers of GBIF flags on their data? If so, can you please share their name with us or a link to one of their occurrence records as we would like to pattern ourselves after them? UM Herbarium example: Reference Image 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OF0j61eNGSV6S1QnLKDQlArRC3YVppc1/view?usp=… Reference Image 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nlHn40adKih1WuBOW4MiKHbm-SPKX65M/view?usp=… NYBG example: Reference Image 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1et2cHMyB87rBB_tg0WbHqVWkXV0ycqiS/view?usp=… I have successfully cleared out the "Institution match fuzzy" by providing the InstitutionID as shown here: Reference Image 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tmQAv21NTvrs0XZRKK8O5VJ9OZNmGo63/view?usp=… Next what I found is that our database is sending "Subcollection" values such as "Algae", "Fungi", etc as the value that gets mapped to "CollectionCode". You can see in the example above, it indicates "Fungi" was received. The problem with this is that the collection code is actually "MICH" as indicated on this page: https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/collection/62289b33-ae4f-438c-8574-bd27b348c… We want to keep our IPT feed as it is and report these subcollection values instead of "MICH". I found that there is this page that lists a property called "Alternative Codes". Below is a screenshot: Reference Image 5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jqylXC5J7ya3NHMNk7Zee5ANLs24lvqi/view?usp=… If I click the "Suggest" button, then the following form is rendered: Reference Image 6: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGAQSSrgnL08yn88vFr65REIF4cNfsIq/view?usp=… Reference Image 7: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRlvnzJcujWA_cK9Izwg6Y8vsvV9oEWb/view?usp=… The tooltip is promising so I tried to find documentation on this but could not. Question #2: a. How is this "Alternative Codes" supposed to be used? b. Is there documentation on this? c. If I populate this form with the subcollection values: "Algae", "Fungi", etc, will it enable a match? Here are two API calls, one with the correct code, "MICH" and one with the subcollection code that is passed in via IPT: "Algae": FUZZY: https://api.gbif.org/v1/grscicoll/lookup?institutionCode=MICH&institutionId… VS EXACT: https://api.gbif.org/v1/grscicoll/lookup?institutionCode=MICH&institutionId… d. After submitting this form, what happens? Who reviews it? How is it approved? How long does approval take? Thanks for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Matthew

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Taraxacum of Europe
by Sylvain Ard 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

Hello, I want to do an API request to get the list of all species of Taraxacum genus of Europe sorted by country please. Thank you Kind regards Sylvain Ard 0549507724 0778380991 sylvain.ard(a)gmail.com http://sylvain-ard.fr Entreprise individuelle SIRET : 80079243400022 Appt 26 Bât A Résidence Le Patio 83 rue de la Bugellerie 86000 Poitiers

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import all images of all occurences of a taxon
by Sylvain Ard 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Hello, I want to import all images of all occurences of french Taraxacum. I wrote the PHP file joined which lists the Taraxacum species from Taxref 15 then list nubKeys then lists occurences and download images of all occurences of all species. But in the web version of GBIF I can see that I don't get all images. Thank you for help Best regards Sylvain Ard 0549507724 0778380991 sylvain.ard(a)gmail.com http://sylvain-ard.fr Entreprise individuelle SIRET : 80079243400022 Appt 26 Bât A Résidence Le Patio 83 rue de la Bugellerie 86000 Poitiers

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