ncss-tech / SoilTaxonomy

A System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys
https://ncss-tech.github.io/SoilTaxonomy/
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Add missing subgroup formative element descriptions #32

Closed brownag closed 3 years ago

brownag commented 3 years ago

This is a first cut at addressing the unexplained taxa from #5 by identifiying shared criteria from taxa with same subgroup-level elements.

If an element is used more than once I tried to summarize the shared criteria ignoring specifics that are only for some taxa. If a term is only used once and it refers to another taxon name (e.g. "aquodic") the description is simply "like aquods" or equivalent for now.

Often with the remaining missing subgroup-level modifiers the definitions are not consistent across all Great Groups where they are used. There is a need to strike a balance of generalization to make reasonable explanations. Formative elements at subgroup level often either re-state or rely on information from higher taxa criteria or do not really pertain to the criteria used at subgroup level (at least in name), so sometimes it produces unsatisfactory explanations (from the perspective of formative element meanings alone)

For instance:

brownag commented 3 years ago

Closes #5, discussion on #17 for any future plans for updating any of the formative element dictionaries (which now have their missing values filled in)