Label Processing Methods for HelpingScience.org Developed by SilverBiology Michael Giddens
Identify Label OCR Label Identify Primary DwC Fields Enter Values for Fields Accept Value for Each Field Assemble Label Data Basic Label Process
DwC Fields What we try to capture. Scientific Information (Family, Species, Author) Collection Information (Name, Number, Date) Geographical Information (Country, State, County, Locality, Lat/Lon, TRS) Determination Information What we leave on the label. Habitat Information Locality Description Collector Notes Other
Evernote OCR Processing Sample JPG label JSON output $5/500MB per month ~ label cost: $0.001
sadfswf Matching against sources IPNI, ISO Country, Date Ranges, Collectors List 1) Word Type: String DwC Type : Genus 2) Word type: String DwC Type: Epithet 3) Word type: Date DwC Type: CollDate DarwinCore prediction example Asplenium Asplenlum Asplen1um platyneuron 1978
Queue Management Collections Queue Advance Round Robyn Scheduling DwC Fields Citizen Scientists Request Fields Citizen Scientists Request Fields Jpeg Images + evernote ocr Asplenium Back to DataBase
Requesting Fields Location: California, USA Age: 40 Languages: EN, SP Collections Preferences: C.NY, C.CA Label Preference: Handwriting/Typed Points Earned: 45 Points Lost: 6 Request for Field (user. Id,field type) 1) Filter Collections 2) Round Robyn = C.CA 3) Filter by language 4) Collection Pref = Handwriting 5) Age 2009 – 40 = 1969 a) Filter Queue by b) No Filter 6) Filter by Location (Only applied to Names, County, State, Locality) 7) Filter by field type Example Citizen Scientist
Field Verification Point Value: 1 Frequency: 3 Volunteer 1: Asplenium Frequency Volunteer 2: Asplenium Asplenium: 2 Volunteer 3: Asplenlum Asplenlum: 1 Volunteer 4: Asplenium Asplenium: 3 Asplenium: 1 Points Earned Points Lost Volunteer 1, 2, 4 Volunteer 3
HELPINGSCIENCE.ORG Software is currently being alpha tested with CyberFlora Louisiana project. If you manage a collection and interested in testing or processing labels please contact: