What data needs to be captured at the time of digitization for a biological collection.

What is it about?

There are three types of data linked to biological collections 1) the data on the label, 2) the position of the material in the collection, 3) data from external sources, When undertaking digitization of the collection you will need to consider these types of data differently, and we believe the most important data to capture at the point of digitization is No.2 the position of the material, as this may not be available to be recovered at a later date. We provide an example of capturing this type of data from within a herbarium context, where the taxonomic placement of a herbarium specimen is only available from upon the doors of the herbarium cabinets. We also look a tools (such as OCR) for capturing the type 1) - labels data and linking in type 3) external source data.

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Why is it important?

It provides a framework of the prioritization for the collection of data from the digitization of biological collections.

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