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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:''' Taxon pages in Arctos include external validation through comparisons with select taxonomic authorities including the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Wikipedia among others. This tool is also engaged whenever a new name is added to the taxonomic name table to help avoid the addition of mispellings and misused names. | '''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 quaratining 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 | |||
Taxon pages in Arctos include external validation through comparisons with select taxonomic authorities including the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Wikipedia among others. This tool is also engaged whenever a new name is added to the taxonomic name table to help avoid the addition of mispellings and misused names. | |||
https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/data_quality#taxonomy | https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/data_quality#taxonomy | ||