Propose a default/Basic set of Observation fields

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  1. make those fields on inat but might be a pain to
    I just do not want to add another field which probably already exists on iNaturalist with a few cosmetic changes. But this seems to be the way to go in Inaturalist ? And second i would like to use the default field
    The value of the field changes by taxonomy. If you have FISH than you see other values in the field than if you have a bird.
    I must agree that first time users agree that it is a bit hard (but so many user fields are also very hard) but hard core users love it because it covers 99% of the needs for 100.000.000 observations and 40.000 users.
    The main complaints are for collectors it thoughtā€¦so if you have determinator, a collector, a collection and a first and second determination by several people.

The same field ā€˜appearanceā€™ (plumage) for Birds (=1)
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The same field ā€˜appearanceā€™ (plumage)for fish(=9):
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Lookup table for different taxonomy groups, one language
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/ahospers/21912-lookup-tables-related-depending-changes-with-taxonomy-group

The same field ā€˜appearanceā€™ (plumage) for Plants(=8/10):
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RELATED

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/standardize-and-clean-up-observation-fields/363

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-field-standardization-wiki/380

Lookup table for different taxonomy groups, one language
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/ahospers/21912-lookup-tables-related-depending-changes-with-taxonomy-group

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I would like to see the ā€œfreestyle fieldsā€ continue as they are, the flexibility is awesome! However, I also like the annotations and how they standardise critical fields such as sex and lifestage. I think fresstyle fields are good way to discover what extra information observers are coding to their observations, and ā€œtaking upā€ particularly useul ones and creating annotation versions is brilliant! I think it would be good to explore a few more additions to the annotationsā€¦

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Iā€™m going to close this as weā€™ll handle taxon-specific fields as annotations, and those will likely be limited to a few essential ones per taxon.

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