Item talk:Q3

A representation of people associated with other items in the GeoKB is created using publicly available information from the USGS Staff Profiles and other sources. The items contain claims for external identifiers like ORCiD ID used to link them with other items. There are items in the GeoKB for people who are no longer affiliated with the USGS but are linked to other information as part of the historic record. The GeoKB also does not include a comprehensive set of all current/former USGS staff; it only includes those staff who have elected to have certain professional information in a public forum such as by obtaining an ORCID identifier and making that information public as an author. On the side of USGS information sources, the GeoKB only includes an amalgamation of information available on public sources - staff profiles and other USGS web pages, USGS Publications Warehouse, USGS Science Data Catalog, and USGS Model Catalog.