Baylor University Herbarium (BAYLU-BAYLU)

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Provider API Endpoint / Documentation

https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=463

Provider description

This is a Darwin Core formatted data dump of CC0 scientific grade images of plant observations.

Licenses Provided

CC0

Provider API Technical info

We would implement this much in the same way as iNaturalist was implemented. See #1608 for the history and discussion of that project.

We would need to reference (scrape) this page to know when a new dataset was available for processing: https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php

The dataset link is stable and the upstream provider images for the dataset are torcherbaria links.

Checklist to complete before beginning development

• Verify there is a way to retrieve the entire relevant portion of the provider's collection in a systematic way via their API.
• Verify the API provides license info (license type and version; license URL provides both, and is preferred)
• Verify the API provides stable direct links to individual works.
• Verify the API provides a stable landing page URL to individual works.
• Note other info the API provides, such as thumbnails, dimensions, attribution info (required if non-CC0 licenses will be kept), title, description, other meta data, tags, etc.
• Attach example responses to API queries that have the relevant info.

Implementation

• 🙋 I would be interested in implementing this feature.