place.birds.sighting

birds.place

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CID
bafyreien2thdw2d...
Indexed At
2026-07-28 01:00 UTC
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CID
bafyreihwtl3wmzv...
Indexed At
2026-07-29 21:42 UTC
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Compatibility Analysis

Backward Compatible

Backward compatible. 2 non-breaking changes.

Non-Breaking Changes (2)
  • AddedVertex AddedVertex { vertex_id: "place.birds.sighting:body.thumb" }
  • AddedEdge AddedEdge { src: "place.birds.sighting:body", tgt: "place.birds.sighting:body.thumb", kind: "prop", name: Some("thumb") }

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Added Elements

  • AddedVertex { vertex_id: "place.birds.sighting:body.thumb" }

Additional Notes

  • Non-breaking: AddedEdge { src: "place.birds.sighting:body", tgt: "place.birds.sighting:body.thumb", kind: "prop", name: Some("thumb") }
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{
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  "id": "place.birds.sighting",
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  "defs": {
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    "main": {
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      "key": "tid",
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      "type": "record",
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      "record": {
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        "type": "object",
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        "required": [
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          "species",
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          "observedAt",
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          "createdAt"
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        ],
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        "properties": {
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          "count": {
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            "type": "integer",
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            "maximum": 100000,
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            "minimum": 1,
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            "description": "How many individuals the observer counted. Absent means one, or means they did not count."
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          },
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          "media": {
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            "type": "array",
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            "items": {
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              "ref": "#media",
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              "type": "ref"
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            },
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            "maxLength": 4,
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            "description": "Evidence, in whatever form it was captured: a photo, a video, or a recording of the call. Ordered as the observer added it."
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          },
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          "notes": {
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            "type": "string",
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            "maxLength": 3000,
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            "description": "Anything else the observer wants to say about the sighting: behaviour, plumage, who they were with.",
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            "maxGraphemes": 600
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          },
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          "thumb": {
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            "type": "blob",
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            "accept": [
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              "image/*"
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            ],
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            "maxSize": 100000000,
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            "description": "The image the observer chose to represent this sighting in compact views. Must be either an image in `media` or a `thumb` belonging to an item in `media`; clients should ignore unrelated blobs."
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          },
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          "species": {
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            "type": "string",
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            "maxLength": 640,
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            "description": "Common name as the observer said it. Free text on purpose — always present, even when no code was resolved.",
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            "maxGraphemes": 160
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          },
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          "location": {
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            "ref": "#location",
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            "type": "ref",
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            "description": "Roughly where the bird was. Optional, and deliberately coarse — see #location."
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          },
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          "createdAt": {
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            "type": "string",
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            "format": "datetime",
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            "description": "Client-declared timestamp for when this record was written."
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          },
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          "observedAt": {
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            "type": "string",
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            "format": "datetime",
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            "description": "Client-declared timestamp for when the bird was seen. Distinct from createdAt so a sighting can be written up later. Not verified by anything."
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          },
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          "speciesCode": {
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            "type": "string",
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            "maxLength": 32,
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            "description": "The observer's asserted identification as a stable eBird/Clements taxon code (e.g. `norcar`). Present when they picked from the list; absent when they just typed something. May be a `spuh` or `slash` code when the identification is honestly partial."
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          }
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        }
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      },
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      "description": "A bird sighting logged by the observer, stored in their own repository. Honor system: `species` is what the observer believes they saw, not a verified determination."
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    },
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    "media": {
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      "type": "object",
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      "required": [
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        "blob"
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      ],
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      "properties": {
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        "alt": {
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          "type": "string",
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          "maxLength": 2000,
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          "description": "Alt text describing the media for people who cannot see or hear it.",
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          "maxGraphemes": 400
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        },
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        "blob": {
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          "type": "blob",
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          "accept": [
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            "image/*",
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            "audio/*",
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            "video/*"
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          ],
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          "maxSize": 100000000,
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          "description": "The captured file. Audio is first-class here: a bird's call is often better evidence than a photograph of a silhouette."
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        },
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        "thumb": {
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          "type": "blob",
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          "accept": [
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            "image/jpeg",
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            "image/png",
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            "image/webp"
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          ],
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          "maxSize": 2000000,
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          "description": "A still representing this media — for a video, a frame the observer chose. Derived from `blob`, never captured separately, so a client may regenerate it. Absent for media that is already an image."
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        }
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      }
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    },
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    "location": {
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      "type": "object",
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      "required": [
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        "latitude",
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        "longitude"
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      ],
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      "properties": {
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        "name": {
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          "type": "string",
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          "maxLength": 640,
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          "description": "Free-text place name, as the observer chose it (e.g. \"Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago\"). Independent of the coordinates and not verified against them.",
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          "maxGraphemes": 160
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        },
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        "latitude": {
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          "type": "string",
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          "maxLength": 32,
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          "description": "Decimal degrees, as a string to avoid float drift. Deliberately coarse: clients should write no more than 3 decimal places (~110m). These records are public and permanent, and a bird sighting does not need a precise fix."
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        },
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        "longitude": {
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          "type": "string",
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          "maxLength": 32,
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          "description": "Decimal degrees, as a string. Same precision limit as latitude."
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        }
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      }
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    }
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  },
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  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
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  "lexicon": 1
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}

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