Dear GBIF API users,
We are changing the API to access and edit collection and institution entries in the Global Registry of Scientific Collectionshttps://scientific-collections.gbif.org/ (GRSciColl) (see the current documentation herehttps://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/registry#/Collections). These changes will affect scripts and website that use the GRSciColl part of the API, you will need to adapt them.
Here are the changes:
* The following fields will be discarded: indexHerbariorum, institution geographicDescription, institution taxonomicDescription, citesPermitNumber (https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/545) * The following fields are lists: types, institutionalGovernances, catalogueUrls, apiUrls (https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/550) * The following fields will be using vocabularieshttps://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/vocabulary instead of enumerationshttps://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/#enumerations: types, institutionalGovernances, discipline, contentType, preservationType, accessionStatus (https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/549) * The collection “geography” field is renamed “geographicCoverage” (https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/551) * New fields are added: collection temporalCovergage, featuredImageUrl, featuredImageLicense (https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/552)
These changes are part of the implementation of the GRSciColl road map 2023/2024https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/road-map. You can learn more about the GRSciColl developments by watching our latest community call herehttps://vimeo.com/936568304.
We will deploy those changes on the 20th of May 2024. Please let us know if you have any question. All the best, Marie
-- Marie Grosjean (mgrosjean@gbif.orgmailto:mgrosjean@gbif.org) Data Administrator GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, DENMARK URL: http://www.gbif.orghttp://www.gbif.org/