AtlasOfLivingAustralia / ala-name-matching

Atlas name matching API and index generation
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Reject fuzzy matches when kingdoms do not match. #202

Open charvolant opened 1 year ago

charvolant commented 1 year ago

See https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/Taxonomic-Issues-Register_new/issues/65

In this case Lotus maculatus is fizzy matched on to Lathys maculata, a synonym of Callevophthalmus maculatus

Possible solution: include a kingdom check to eliminate obvious lunacy.