Add an “Identified by” field that saves the names of the users who agree on the leading ID of research grade observations. This field would appear when downloading data from INaturalist or uploading data to GBIF. This will allow a better integration of INaturalist data in GBIF, and let scientists f…

Not everyone enters their actual name as part of their iNaturalist account - so would you be OK with usernames?

I am aware of this, but still, being able to retrace some mega-identifiers is quite important I think. For example, I know of a world expert on Passiflora that was reviewing observations on INaturalist as part of his work on a monograph of the genus. I think it would be quite valuable to know in GBI…

I guess it would be possible to only include in GBIF the name of the identifier if their profile on INaturalist is linked to a name. this could be a nice compromise I think, and reduce the amount of silly names on the GBIF identified_by section.

We currently populate the identifiedByID field, but only with the ORCID of the person who added the first improving identification that is the same as the observation taxon (here’s an example ). We could also populate the identifiedBy field, which would be subject to falsification since anyone can ch…

Ok, I asked the powers that be about what the intent of that field was, and they confirmed it was primarily to provide attribution to the person who provided the original identification and not necessarily to track all the people who may have confirmed that identification, so while I will add the id…

brian_d: If a species ID is first recorded by one person, and then another specifies subspecies, is the second the new GBIF “identified by”? No. Currently identifiedBy is the first improving identification that matches the observation taxon exactly. In your scenario, the subspecies ID would …

[image] kueda: Currently identifiedBy is the first improving identification that matches the observation taxon exactly. So this is the reason why “improving” is so coveted : [image] Suspended Users - Enhance users "Identifications" page to manage deleted content […] proceed to the coveted …

I don’t think that is a fair assumption; I’d doubt the label on GBIF is a major driver of behavior. Anyone can see their ID categories on iNaturalist, e.g. on the IDs page or Year in Review stats: https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=schoenitz / https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2020…

brian_d: I should have said, suppose person 1 suggests species correctly. Person 2 confirms species and specifies subspecies correctly. Person 1 is unsure if subspecies is correct, then Person 3 confirms subspecies. So is subspecies never related to research grade per se? Ok, so your scenari…

Some possibly related questions, but for Observers: Does ORCID get related to “observedBy” in GBIF? Does a collection of Observations by the same ORCID qualify as a “Dataset”?

Add the field "Identified by" in INat and link it to the GBIF field "identifiedBy"

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kueda December 19, 2024, 3:48pm 27

The inaturalistLogin field is the username of the observer. I forget why we added that, but I don’t think GBIF pays attention to http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/nick.

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Add the field "Identified by" in INat and link it to the GBIF field "identifiedBy"

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