So in 2017, iNaturalist introduced annotations , which is a way to add metadata to an observation in an iNaturalist-controlled way rather than relying on the free-for-all that is observation fields. We wanted to start out with some basic ones, such as Sex and Life Stage, as well as Plant Phenology (w…

Observation is using the Field "ACTIVITY" for Mammals/Animals these annotations and i would love if they were present 1:1 [image]

I would apreciate a field Appearance with these values for Birds [image]

[image] tiwane: These are not photo-level annotations, so the annotation should describe the observation as a whole Perhaps this is off topic, but while we are talking annotations, it would be fantastic if we could add photo-level annotations, so that, for example, the flower in one image and…

I prefer one annotation which describes both the observation with or without a photo…[image]

[image] vynbos: it would be fantastic if we could add photo-level annotations This is definitely something we plan on exploring, but notifications are currently the priority at the moment.

[image] bouteloua: Are there plans to populate the new alive/dead annotation based on some of the frequently used observation fields? For example this one was tagged on 30K observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/92 Any progress on this? I think it should be a live upda…

I was out taking photos of winter seedheads today, and I agree that there’s too much ambiguity in declaring aboveground vegetation “dead.” Senescent stems and leaves with live seeds look “dead,” but it’s a normal dormant stage, like a butterfly pupa. I’m not seeing what purpose it would serve to lu…

Anual plants die each year, it is the definition for anual plants! The seeds are another different individual, and the parent plant is dead. The pupa metaphore I think that is incorrect and missleading, a pupa is a stage of a living individual that is also metabolically very very active, and is an …

We botanists are well aware of the difference between dead annuals, dead perennials, and dormant perennials (though distinguishing the latter two can sometimes be difficult). However, this is a citizen science project. There’s no point in using categories that will be misclassified a high percenta…

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bouteloua December 5, 2019, 3:27pm 171

Heya, it seemed like there were enough responses on the topic of annotating alive organisms to merit its own topic, so I moved those posts here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotating-animals-as-alive/8453

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