Taxonomic labels

It is important to constrain labels so spelling mistakes, or capitalization differences don't create messy data. To achieve this, Portal relies on an API built by the FathomNet team that utilizes WoRMs database and MBARI equipment and geological feature lists.

Observations are created by users and machine learning models run within Portal. The labelling of this data is important for scientific research, and further training models on underwater imagery. It is important to constrain labels so spelling mistakes, or capitalization differences don't create messy data. To achieve this, Portal relies on an API built by the FathomNet team that utilizes WoRMs database and MBARI equipment and geological feature lists.

You can find full information about the sources of the label tree used on portal on the FathomNet WoRMs github page . If you run into problems or have suggestions you can create and issue against this github repository to get the feedback or suggestion to the team.

Using autocomplete

Labelling an object in an image or video can be done from the player view, or observations gallery . The following will cover the first use case.

When you input a label, a dropdown of classification options will open in a dropdown. Selecting an item sets the label, and the hierarchy is populated in the observations panel on that page. Collecting the taxonomic hierarchy allows for better find ability of a concept. A Label is the lowest level identified to in a taxonomic tree. The Label essentially is the classification for that observation that will be seen in the exported data and in the observations gallery. Each Label has saved with it another attribute called LabelRank which can be useful in filtering your observations to find Labels at a specific rank.