Linking BOLD DNA sequences to specimens published in GBIF

Linking DNA sequence barcode data from BOLD to specimens in GBIF has a high priority in the GBIF work-plan. The GBIF Science Committee represented by SC chair Rod Page, published in December 2016 a snapshot of the iBOL dataset doi:10.15468/inygc6 including a total of 2,789,906 occurrences. However, the link to the museum specimens themselves has not been maintained. Example: gbifKey:1415958347 and the corresponding BOLD data record with processid:LON2542-15.

The most reliable specimen identifier in GBIF is the dwc:occurrenceID. There is also the traditional and (more) human readable dwc:catalogNumber identifying a museum specimen. The BOLD Process ID is the most important identifier for material samples corresponding to the museum specimens. BOLD also provide a "Museum ID" and a "Sample ID" however, nether match exactly the occurrenceID or the catalogNumber in GBIF.

• BOLD URL: http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=NOBAS010-14

• BOLD API: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/sequence?ids=NOBAS010-14

• GBIF URL: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1426521030

• GBIF API: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/1426521030/verbatim

Feedback on the proposed mapping using the issues tracker is most welcome! What would be the appropriate measurementType and measurementMethod?

• measurementID = boldAPI:processid
• measurementType = "BOLD-sequence" [alt. = BOLD-sequence + (markercode)]
• measurementValue = boldAPI:nucleotides
• measurementAccuracy = NULL
• measurementUnit = NULL
• measurementDeterminedDate = boldAPI:run_dates
• measurementDeterminedBy = boldAPI:sequencing_centers
• measurementMethod = boldAPI:markercode [alt. = boldAPI:seq_primers]
• measurementRemarks = http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/sequence?ids= + processid

• type = "StillImage"
• format = "image/jpeg"
• identifier = boldAPI:image_urls
• references
• title = occurrenceID [alt. = processID]
• description = boldAPI:captions
• created = boldAPI:copyright_years
• creator = boldAPI:photographers
• contributor
• publisher = boldAPI:copyright_institutions (??)
• audience = "experts"
• source = "BOLD"
• license = boldAPI:copyright_licenses
• rightsHolder = boldAPI:copyright_institutions
• datasetID