01 · Research protocol
Define the question, measurement units, identification method and required fields. Start with a bounded pilot group.
OBSFERA / Universities & educationFOR SYSTEMATIC NATURE RESEARCH
Universities & education
From field courses to multi-year research programmes. Use Obsfera as a research product with a dedicated group for each project, species or cohort, configured around your teaching and methodology.
02 · Supervised fieldwork
Give students appropriate permissions. Record supported observations beyond network coverage and check synchronisation when connectivity returns.
03 · Analysis & assessment
Filter the research selection, explore descriptive analyses and export for your own statistical methods. Ask students to account for limitations and survey effort.
04 · Handover & continuity
Agree who stewards data after graduation, how schema changes are documented, and how export, backups, recovery and retention are arranged.
04 / OBSFERA
From selection to analysis
Explore distributions, time series and survey effort; export for further analysis.
A chart describes the selected records. A trend does not automatically mean population change: assess protocol, effort, seasons and missing data.
The field app supports local recording and later synchronisation for supported field operations. Administration and server calculations, including Analysis, require connectivity.
ObservationsSurveyAnalysis
HELP & GUIDED TOUR
Adopt a guide for your first steps
The Obsfera owl helps new users find their way and explains individual features to experienced users. A welcome appears automatically on first sign-in; you then choose the tour you need.
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The tour highlights buttons and fields step by step without saving research data for you. Reopen it later from your Account or by double-clicking the owl.
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On larger screens, one click enables contextual help and the owl flies to your chosen information point. Phones show the welcome only; the guided tour needs more screen space.
Try it here: let the owl point out the screen examples. This interactive website demonstration uses fictional research data.
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From photo gallery to individual animal
Browse linked images in a gallery, open the viewer and compare identifying features with the animal register. Identification remains the researcher’s judgement; example images on this website are not scientific identification material.
DOCUMENTS & ANIMALS
An animal record with its supporting evidence
Keep research reports, statements, archived emails or an autopsy report with the relevant animal, or as independent research documents. An access profile determines who may view each document; adding and accessing documents requires a connection.
D-001 / DELTA-01
Delta-01
Private research recordAutopsy report · DEMOLinked to animal: Delta-01
↗Survey D-026Separate access profile
↗Example animal record · not a real medical report
Photographs are existing public sample images, not images of the fictional animals or locations in the demonstration. Image sources & provenance ↗
What is your research question?
Explore how a dedicated research group could fit your protocol, team and long-term data stewardship.