Task #917
Updated by Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza almost 10 years ago
From Brad:
I’ve given some thought to the TPL matter. The algorithm isn’t hard, but Aaron will have to do the sorting himself.
1. -Make sure sources are selected in the following order: GCC, TPL, Tropicos, USDA-
2. -When downloading names, do NOT sort by source _(ie. don't limit results to just the best match when sorted by source)_-
3. -Download all results (not just best matches)-
3a. reimplement the scrubbed-name columns for the all-matches strategy, which does not have a single scrubbed name per input name to parse
3b. create table and algorithm to store a selected best match for each input name
4. -Apply the usual TNRS sort order to the matches for a give name.-
Aaron, Brad said there are no additional steps to apply here (in step 4). Just proceed to step 5. (-Martha)
5. If the best match (indicated by Selected=TRUE) has source=Tropicos and acceptance=accepted AND another match is available where source<is not equal to>Tropicos and acceptance=synonym, use the latter name (we don't need this until after the names are scrubbed (Martha))
_what about when the @Selected@ best match is a homonym? should we then use a non-@Selected@ match?_
6. All other cases, use the best match as flagged
That should filter out most Tropicos nomenclatural synonyms incorrectly labeled accepted. I can unpack #4 for Aaron when the time arrives.
Brad