[API-users] A couple of questions about the download API

Hi,

I'm a newbie to the GBIF API and I have a couple of questions about downloads. As background, I'm looking at the best way of getting data from GBIF into the Atlas of Living Australia (the bits we don't have already) properly split up into source datasets for attribution. My questions:

With the occurrence download limits, am I right in thinking that the limits refer to the number of download requests being processed simultaneously? Can the downloads be of any size in terms of number of records and detail?

Instead of being notified by email upon completion, is it possible to poll the status of a download?

Doug Palmer