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Check GBIF keys/source #23

Closed mvarewyck closed 2 years ago

mvarewyck commented 2 years ago

To create the link to the GBIF record I currently use the gbif link in the source-column from the indicators dataset

(1) I found out it is not always redirecting correctly. E.g. Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda has link https://www.gbif.org/species/148437766 and is not working The key-column indicates 152543131 and this is working https://www.gbif.org/species/152543131. But data source is then Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belgium The source column indicates however the Ad hoc checklist of alien species in Belgium and then it has a different id 164300763 in gbif https://www.gbif.org/species/164300763

(2) The source is sometimes missing while we could construct a link using the key column. E.g. Melampsoridium betulinum (Pers.) Kleb. has no link The key-column indicates 152543152 and this is working https://www.gbif.org/species/152543152

Can I just use the id from the key-column or do you expect errors with that?

timadriaens commented 2 years ago

I think we can but I would like a green light from @damianooldoni or @peterdesmet

damianooldoni commented 2 years ago

The key links to the taxon as published in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belgium, here further mentioned as the unified checklist. The nubKey is the link to the taxon in the GBIF Taxonomic Backbone. The link in source should point to the taxon in the checklist used while producing the unified checklist. Probably I run the checklist indicator workflow just before a new version of the unified checklist came up with updated source info?

I don't know which is the end goal here, but I think using the key can be enough: the page you are directed to contains all information as published in the unified checklist.

I am done with rerunning and updating workflows for occurrence indicators and I am updating checklist indicators, so I think I can see if harvesting the unified checklist_ and creating a new version of the indicators dataset will solve the broken links.

damianooldoni commented 2 years ago

It seems that the link in source in your example has been fixed automatically by rerunning the workflows and so using the most updated version of the unified checklist.

@mvarewyck: please, reopen this issue if you think there are still some errors in source. Or open a new one if you still struggle to understand the GBIF keys structure and so the differences among key, nubKey and source!