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'''Problem:''' The geographic units (e.g., [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:country country], [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:stateProvince state/province], [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:county county]) are misspelled, resulting in poor matching of geographic unit names to existing geographic lists. | '''Problem:''' The geographic units (e.g., [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:country country], [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:stateProvince state/province], [https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:county county]) are misspelled, resulting in poor matching of geographic unit names to existing geographic lists. | ||
'''Solution:''' | '''Solution:''' Higher geography in Arctos is a controlled vocabulary composed of terms from GADM and IHO World Seas supported by shapes. Higher geography must match a term in this vocabulary, so any “misspellings” would be intentionally matching the relevant authority. | ||
https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/data_quality#higher-geography | |||
== Taxonomy == | == Taxonomy == | ||