iNaturalist · Schema

Observation

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Properties

Name Type Description
annotations array
id integer
cached_votes_total integer
captive boolean
comments array
comments_count integer
created_at string
created_at_details object
created_time_zone string
description string
faves_count integer
geojson object
geoprivacy string
taxon_geoprivacy string
id_please boolean
identifications_count integer
identifications_most_agree boolean
identifications_most_disagree boolean
identifications_some_agree boolean
license_code string
location string in the format "lat,lng"
private_location string in the format "lat,lng"
mappable boolean
non_owner_ids array
num_identification_agreements integer
num_identification_disagreements integer
obscured boolean
observed_on string
observed_on_details object
observed_on_string string
observed_time_zone string
ofvs array
out_of_range boolean
photos array
place_guess string
private_place_guess string
place_ids array
private_place_ids array
positional_accuracy integer
private_geojson object
project_ids array
project_ids_with_curator_id array
project_ids_without_curator_id array
public_positional_accuracy integer
quality_grade string
reviewed_by array
site_id integer
sounds array
species_guess string
tags array
taxon object
time_observed_at string
time_zone_offset string
updated_at string
uri string
user object
uuid string
verifiable boolean
observation_photos array
quality_metrics array
flags array
community_taxon_id integer
faves array
identifications array
oauth_application_id integer
outlinks array
owners_identification_from_vision boolean
preferences object
project_observations array
spam boolean
votes array
identification_disagreements_count integer
ident_taxon_ids array
map_scale integer
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JSON Schema

observation.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "Observation",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "annotations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Annotation"
      }
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "cached_votes_total": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "captive": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "comments": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Comment"
      }
    },
    "comments_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "created_at_details": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/DateDetails"
    },
    "created_time_zone": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "faves_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "geojson": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/PointGeoJson"
    },
    "geoprivacy": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "taxon_geoprivacy": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id_please": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "identifications_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "identifications_most_agree": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "identifications_most_disagree": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "identifications_some_agree": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "license_code": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "in the format \"lat,lng\""
    },
    "private_location": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "in the format \"lat,lng\""
    },
    "mappable": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "non_owner_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/NonOwnerIdentification"
      }
    },
    "num_identification_agreements": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "num_identification_disagreements": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "obscured": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "observed_on": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "observed_on_details": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/DateDetails"
    },
    "observed_on_string": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "observed_time_zone": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ofvs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/FieldValue"
      }
    },
    "out_of_range": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "photos": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Photo"
      }
    },
    "place_guess": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "private_place_guess": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "place_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "private_place_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "positional_accuracy": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "private_geojson": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/PointGeoJson"
    },
    "project_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "project_ids_with_curator_id": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "project_ids_without_curator_id": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "public_positional_accuracy": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "quality_grade": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "reviewed_by": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "site_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "sounds": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Sound"
      }
    },
    "species_guess": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "taxon": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/ObservationTaxon"
    },
    "time_observed_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "time_zone_offset": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "uri": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "user": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/User"
    },
    "uuid": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "verifiable": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "observation_photos": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/ObservationPhoto"
      }
    },
    "quality_metrics": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/QualityMetric"
      }
    },
    "flags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Flag"
      }
    },
    "community_taxon_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "faves": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Fave"
      }
    },
    "identifications": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Identification"
      }
    },
    "oauth_application_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "outlinks": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Outlink"
      }
    },
    "owners_identification_from_vision": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "preferences": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "project_observations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/ProjectObservation"
      }
    },
    "spam": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "votes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/Vote"
      }
    },
    "identification_disagreements_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "ident_taxon_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "integer"
      }
    },
    "map_scale": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}