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by CodesInChaos
97 days ago
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A way to edit/improve tags for existing images would be useful. For example, the duck images could use a "Sex" tag. And probably some kind of uploader account would be a good idea as well. So if somebody contacts you about an image they uploaded, you can verify if they were the original uploader. And you could give a user more rights related to editing metadata for images they uploaded. Maybe the species + common name could be normalized instead of being free text fields. Especially if you find an existing database of species names. |
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Re: tagging/metadata - You're right that additional fields like sex, age, life stage would be valuable. Right now keeping it simple to reduce upload friction, but could definitely add optional metadata fields as the collection grows.
Re: user accounts - Good point about verification and editing rights. Currently everything is anonymous/CC0, but user accounts would enable better provenance tracking and let uploaders manage their own submissions. Thinking about how to add this without adding too much complexity to the upload flow.
Re: normalized taxonomy - Already using GBIF's taxonomy API for species names (auto-suggest on upload), so names are normalized to their database. Common names are free text for now since they vary regionally. Could potentially pull those from GBIF as well.
This is pretty helpful. Gives me a clear roadmap for v2 features. Trying to balance simplicity (to encourage contributions) with the kind of rich metadata that makes the collection more useful. Open to thoughts on how to strike that balance. Thanks!