Spoiled metadata in fixed releases

[yroskov]

Some items(*) in GSD metadata in fixed CoL editions are changing to the latest view of metadata in CoL-Working Draft (id 3). That is wrong

(*) at least incorrect Alias

[yroskov]

Example from the 2023 Annual Checklist:

AC23 was published with 3i Curculio GSD (id 9910). Authors of 3i Curculio changed its Short Name to Entiminae a month after AC23 release (in July). But, in the list of AC23 sources (=COL23, id 9910), this GSD appears with a new name "Entiminae" (whereas should be "3i Curculio"):

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/9910/sourcemetrics

GSD page in AC23 shows correct Short Name and logo as "3i Curculio" https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/9910/source/1166

[yroskov]

Example from the CoL of August:

The same GSD Entiminae/former 3i Curculio (id 9910). Authors changed its logo after August release. But new logo appears in August release:

Indeed, whatever logo I uploaded in CoL Working Draft in CLB, it will immediately appear in the fixed(!) edition on the portal.

For example, fake logo uploaded to CLB:

Logo immediately changed in August edition in the portal:

[yroskov]

So, Alias, Logo (what else from metadata) dynamically feeds from CoL Working Draft in CLB. Supposed to be fixed monthly and annual editions may have incorrectly applied metadata from CoL Working Draft.

[mdoering]

You are right about the logo, that was never archived and there is just a single one we keep per dataset. I have created a new issue to implement a logo archive: https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/backend/issues/1245

[mdoering]

The metrics page uses this call to retrieve all datasets in one go: https://api.checklistbank.org/dataset?limit=1000&contributesTo=9910&sortBy=alias

This does not query the archive, but takes the live dataset. @thomasstjerne, can we change that to use this resource instead? https://api.checklistbank.org/dataset/9910/source

[mdoering]

@thomasstjerne logos are archived for each release. Does the UI access them via the release datasetKey like this?

/dataset/{releaseKey}/logo/source/{sourceDatasetKey}