georeferenceVerificationStatus - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 10:35:02

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A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 10:35:02
Please provide a topic of interest: Do you use the georeferenceVerificationStatus field? Do you know if or how researchers have used this field?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek
What resources can you point to: http://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctverificationstatus
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email: eclites@berkeley.edu

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This answer for this submission has been documented directly at https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Georeferences#georeferenceVerificationStatus.

[eclites]

Follow-up question. Why only the three recommended terms for this field? Wouldn't it be helpful to researchers to know that georeferenced points have had some checking, but hasn't gone to the level of "verified by curator"? For example, the "checked by curator" field used in the Arctos db. http://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctverificationstatus

Also wondering about changing the georeferencedBy field after verification. If I don't change the point generated, it seems counterproductive to lose who originally did this work?