Unverified
As submitted. The original contributor’s words and media remain visible.
Core + Extension
One event, with the right evidence attached.
A bird sighting, field notebook, quartz sample, plankton tow and SEM image need different fields. They still share a who, when, where, method, provenance and licence. Clio’s architecture keeps that common spine intact.
Event core
Every submission starts here.
- eventID
- platform-minted UUID v4
- eventDate
- ISO 8601 date or date-time
- decimalLatitude
- WGS84 decimal degrees
- coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
- required, including deliberate fuzzing
- recordedByID
- ORCID iD, where available
- license
- CC BY 4.0 for contributor-authorised Clio deposits
Extensions
Domain-specific evidence joins the event.
- biology
- Darwin Core Occurrence
- geology
- ABCD-EFG, IGSN where retained
- media
- Audiovisual Core, EXIF
- microscopy
- REMBI, OME-TIFF, OME-Zarr
- sampling
- Humboldt Extension
- packaging
- EML, Darwin Core Archive
Designed for real practice. The same event core supports field observations, collection and specimen work, lab samples, imaging and classroom exercises without pretending those contexts have identical evidence or permissions. Contributor publication is public by default, with drafts available while evidence is completed.
Verification is data
The latest identification is never the whole story.
Keep the original observation alongside later identifications and their evidence. The planned review tiers below describe different levels of assessment; curator applications are not open yet.
Community-verified
At least two independent, agreeing identifiers from established contributors.
Expert-verified
Confirmed by a credentialed curator with an ORCID iD and affiliation on file.
Identity + evidence
Know who contributed and what changed.
Your identity connects you to your contributions. Published versions keep a history of the evidence and corrections. Sign in to prepare and publish a record.
Contributor-owned identity
You control your contributor identity with a passkey or passphrase. Keep your recovery phrase and kit safe; a linked account alone cannot restore a lost identity.
Contribution and acceptance
Your signed contribution records what you submitted. Clio’s receipt records what the museum accepted. Neither makes an identification a verified scientific finding.
Read the record’s status
Publication, review and citation are separate. A published version can be cited by its Clio permalink. DOI review does not assign a DOI, and a signed record does not guarantee permanent preservation.
Clio uses Ma’atara for identity and evidence services. It is developed by the same team and also supports Parable. This shared ownership is disclosed so contributors can assess the relationship.
Identity and evidence infrastructure: Maatara — post-quantum identityFor account access and publication, open the contributor workspace. For local field, lab and record preparation, see Record Studio.
Research reuse
Preparing records for reuse.
Planned Darwin Core Archive exports would group observations, methods, media and dataset context for repository review. Export and external archive deposit are not currently available.
| Record layer | Planned output | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Event | event.txt | Who, when, where, and sampling context |
| Occurrence | occurrence.txt | Organism identity and verification history |
| Media | multimedia.txt | Images, access URIs, and file metadata |
| Dataset | eml.xml | Scope, methods, attribution, and licence |