Data submitted to the NBN Atlas require information on the identification verification status of each occurrence record.
identificationVerificationStatus: the extent to which the taxonomic identification has been verified to be correct.
Please use one of the following terms:
| Accepted – correct | The partner/verifier is able to confirm that the species has been identified correctly |
| Accepted – considered correct | The partner/verifier has not seen photo/s or specimen/s, but has a high degree of confidence that the record is likely to be correct, based on difficulty of ID, date, location and recorder skills/experience etc. |
| Unconfirmed – plausible | The record is plausible based on species, date and location, but there is not enough supporting evidence for the possibility of mis-identification or incorrect location to be ruled out. |
| Unconfirmed – not reviewed | The record is in the system, but has either not been looked at, or a verification decision not yet been reached |
Older data in the NBN Atlas used higher level groupings, which are now depreciated:
| Accepted | The record is accepted as meeting the standard required for inclusion by the recording scheme or project in question |
| Unconfirmed | The record is in the system but has not been given a verification status. If possible, we would prefer that this option is not used and that either Unconfirmed – plausible or Unconfirmed – not reviewed is selected. |