Data mappings

@todo : to be completed ?

Provider codes

Help to map the dataResource to the institution and/or the collection

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SOLUTION 1 (Solution use on GBIF France portal) :

Download the DwC-A in local

Open the resource file using Excel

Add filters to the file

Go to institutionCode and collectionCode

Click on the column name for knowing the different codes used by this dataset

IMPORTANT : works with resources having a number of occurrences lower than the maximum number of lines in Excel (around 1 million)

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SOLUTION 2 :

You can also run the indexation, there is an info line with this information :

INFO : [DataLoader] - The current institution codes for the data resource

INFO : [DataLoader] - The current collection codes for the data resource

Enter those codes to your platform

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Creating the mapping

If the specific providerCodes do not exist, enter them using “Manage provider code” page :

http://URL_to_your_ALA_portal/providerCode/list

Create the provider map between the data resource, the institution and/or the collection in the following page :

http://URL_to_your_ALA_portal/providerMap/list

Entering metadata

Fill in the metadata for the newly created dataresource.

If the dataResource is a link to a collection :

• if it doesn’t exist : create the collection page.
• if it does exist : add the collection to the record consumer of this dataResource

Link the dataResource to an institution :

• if it doesn’t exist : create the institution page by filling in the metadata.
• if it exists : add the institution to the record consumer of this dataResource.

Don’t forget to go back to the dataResource page to fill in the record consumers if the collection or/and institution doesn’t exist.