Create Specimen
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> Main page for user to start creating specimen records.
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1)Enter specimen data manually and create a record with no image
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiL8_hY2BtE)
> **Data-first strategy-1:** Specimens data have documented previously.
> Case 1: No specimen image digitized before
> Case 2: No label or barcode attached
> Case 3: No herbarium sheet created before

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2)Identity and correctly linked specimen image to its corresponding record
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGk08osIbL0)
> **Data-first strategy-2:** Specimens data have documented previously.
> Case 1: Specimens' records created in a spreadsheet before (example: excel)
> Case 2: Specimens' records were scanned and upload by ScanWizard-Botany
> Case 3: Catalog Number of Specimen already existed in the system and fixed
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3)Create a specimen record based on the uploaded image and label data
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9v_wfeBH0)
> **Image-first strategy:** Specimens image have captured before without creating any data.
> Case 1: No Catalog Number of Specimen is created before
> Case 2: Partial data is uploaded from ScanWizard-Botany

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4)Add attachments to a specimen record or replaced its specimen image
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> Case 1: A specimen record needs to confirm attachments
> Case 2: A specimen record needs to re-match attachments

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