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Database Search resulted in a rich specimen record dataset (in this case for lichens and bryophytes) for a participant at the IPT workshop. The researcher wants only the distinct taxon names (and count of speicmens per distinct taxon name). The researcher describes that downloading the dataset is then followed by "a lot of work" to get the distinct list of taxon names to share with a colleague. | |||
* How do we link to instructions for how to do this sort of task either a) through our existing UI if possible, or b) to an API example. In this use case, Alex and Matt verified it is possible already, to do this (sort of) through our existing API. | |||
|valign="top"|Mac Alford, (2015), entered here by Deb. | |valign="top"|Mac Alford, (2015), entered here by Deb. | ||
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|valign="top"|Collections - It would be great if collections could get a sense of their collections uniqueness – what do they have in their collections that no other collection in the portal has – either taxonomically or geographically. It would be great if you could get a uniqueness factor and display a summary of the unique aspects of the collection. Maybe even include preparation information – do I have tissues that nobody else has of a particular species or from a particular area? This would be very handy in grant proposals and in justifying the existence of particularly small collections. | |||
|valign="top"| Andy Bentley (3/2015) | |||
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|valign="top"|Researchers – It would be very handy if researchers could subscribe to a portal in order to get an alert when specimens of target species or geographic regions are added to the portal. For research purposes, this would alert them to new material that may warrant their inspection and would facilitate loan traffic from collections that have newly catalog material. | |||
|valign="top"| Andy Bentley (3/2015) | |||
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