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'''Problem:''' Scientific names are misspelled, resulting in poor matching of taxonomic names to taxonomic databases. | '''Problem:''' Scientific names are misspelled, resulting in poor matching of taxonomic names to taxonomic databases. | ||
'''Solution:''' Identifications in Arctos can be made in several formats, however, they all must include a reference to at least one term from the Taxon Name Table. This table is maintained by Arctos Operators with manage_taxonomy permissions and is not guaranteed to exclude misspellings or errors, but when these are discovered, there are paths for linking poorly formatted names to the correct version and/or | '''Solution:''' Identifications in Arctos can be made in several formats, however, they all must include a reference to at least one term from the Taxon Name Table. This table is maintained by Arctos Operators with manage_taxonomy permissions and is not guaranteed to exclude misspellings or errors, but when these are discovered, there are paths for linking poorly formatted names to the correct version and/or quarantining such names from use while still allowing them to be present for the purposes of search and discoverability. | ||
https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/data_quality#identification-taxon-names | https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/data_quality#identification-taxon-names | ||