Produce ColDP file for ChecklistBank

[lmrodriguezr]

Implementation details from Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen:

In order to get SeqCode into Checklistbank we should make an export in (preferably) ColDP format, there is a specification available here: https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md

There are a few different ways of mapping data to that format, most importantly you can supply both a Taxon and a Name table/file. However, it is also possibly to use the NameUsage table/file to accommodate both accepted taxa and synonyms. I find the latter easier in most cases.

So my recommendation would be to map SeqCode data to

• 1 file NameUsage.tsv following this schema https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md#nameusage with nameReferenceID pointing to the IDs in the Reference file.
• 1 file TypeMaterial.tsv following this schema https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md#typematerial with nameID pointing to nameIDs in the NameUsage file
• 1 file Reference.tsv following this schema https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md#reference

These three files should be added to a zip archive together with a Metadata.yaml file https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md#metadata . There is a template Metadata file here https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/metadata.yaml

Checklistbank provides a tool for metadata validation and editing through a webform here https://www.checklistbank.org/tools/metadata-generator

Once you have a zip archive, place it at some accessible URL from where it can be crawled/indexed by Checklistbank. You can log in to https://www.checklistbank.org/ with a GBIF user account. Once you have a GBIF username, we can give you an editor role, allowing you to trigger imports, change metadata etc.