Dear GBIF API users, 

We are changing the API to access and edit collection and institution entries in the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl) (see the current documentation here). 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 vocabularies instead of 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 2023/2024. You can learn more about the GRSciColl developments by watching our latest community call here.

We will deploy those changes on the 20^th of May 2024.

Please let us know if you have any question.

All the best,

Marie

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Marie Grosjean (mgrosjean@gbif.org)

Data Administrator

GBIF Secretariat

Universitetsparken 15

DK-2100 Copenhagen, DENMARK

URL: http://www.gbif.org