Closed jhpoelen closed 6 years ago
related to issue https://github.com/jhpoelen/eol-globi-data/issues/327 .
Prey_Name_ITIS_ID
is now numeric only, and the Prey_Name_Status
field was resurrected as suggested, which takes on values of "verified" if a valid ITIS ID was found, "accepted" if no valid ITIS ID was found but someone has looked into the taxonomic entity and decided it represents a potentially valid concept that is missing from or classified differently in ITIS, and "unverified" if no valid ITIS ID was found and no one has looked into it yet.
Thanks!
Currently, AvianDietDatabase.txt contains a column called
Prey_Name_ITIS_ID
. GloBI expected the column to be only used to capture ITIS ids related to prey names. However, while chasing down some naming bug related to domestic chickens, I found that the valueunverified
is used in the column to document that the name needs attention.I'll make a special check in GloBI to make sure that
Prey_Name_ITIS_ID
contains a number to filter out values likeunverified
. However, I would urge you to create a separate column to capture the curation state of the prey name in order to reduce confusion among future contributors and users.Would it be an idea to resurrect the previously used
Prey_Name_Status
and insert this as a column next to thePrey_Name_ITIS_ID
column?