acceptedUsageNameID for [Holothyrus expolitissimus Berlese, 1923] was [6892347], but TPT Acari taxonomic resource contains [acari_6892347], not [6892347]

[jhpoelen]

@EMTuckerLab @njdowdy in Acari standardized v2 I found:

synonym Holothyrus expolitissimus Berlese, 1923 pointing to accepted name id 6892347, however 6892347 was not defined in the Acari name source. However name with taxonID acari_6892347 was found.

Is there a reason why the acari_ prefix was added to the acceptedNameUsageID ?

source	taxonID	scientificNameID	acceptedNameUsageID	parentNameUsageID	originalNameUsageID	nameAccordingToID	namePublishedInID	taxonConceptID	scientificName	acceptedNameUsage	parentNameUsage	originalNameUsage	nameAccordingTo	namePublishedIn	namePublishedInYear	higherClassification	kingdom	phylum	class	subclass	superorder	order	suborder	infraorder	parvorder	nanorder	superfamily	family	subfamily	tribe	subtribe	genus	infragenericEpithet	specificEpithet	infraspecificEpithet	taxonRank	verbatimTaxonRank	scientificNameAuthorship	vernacularName	nomenclaturalCode	taxonomicStatus	nomenclaturalStatus	taxonRemarks	canonicalName
GBIF	acari_6892347			4663001	6892348				Haplothyrus expolitissimus (Berlese, 1923)								Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida			Holothyrida						Holothyridae				Haplothyrus		expolitissimus		species		(Berlese, 1923)			accepted			Haplothyrus expolitissimus
GBIF	acari_6892348		6892347	4663001					Holothyrus expolitissimus Berlese, 1923	Haplothyrus expolitissimus							Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida			Holothyrida						Holothyridae				Holothyrus		expolitissimus		species		Berlese, 1923			synonym			Holothyrus expolitissimus

[EMTuckerLab]

@Jorrit Poelen @.***> I believe the Acari prefix was added because Global Names was having some issues with the file having ID numbers that are the same as IDs elsewhere in Global Names and adding the prefixes fixed it/allowed it to bypass it. This is the excerpt I have from a previous email from Dmitry:

2. taxonID field

Sometimes taxonID is empty, and if it exists, it is a not unique number. I generated gn_### id for now, but as a result I am not able to use acceptedNameUsageID, because during compilation of data into data-source IDs, as they are given now, will create a confusion. So for now synonyms are not shown as synonyms.

I wonder if it is possible to convert IDs to IDs with name-spaces for each checklists, so that the IDs work correctly as references like in acceptedNameUsageID, and are unique across all checklists. For example "acari" names would have IDs like "acari_12345" and so on.

Do you think it is possible to do? Hopefully we can find a path to provide synonymy.

So I added "Acari" as a prefix... We could make an additional file without the prefixes if needed? Thanks!

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On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 5:07 PM Jorrit Poelen @.***> wrote:

@EMTuckerLab https://github.com/EMTuckerLab @njdowdy https://github.com/njdowdy in Acari standardized v2 I found:

synonym Holothyrus expolitissimus Berlese, 1923 pointing to accepted name id 6892347, however 6892347 was not defined in the Acari name source. However name with taxonID acari_6892347 was found.

Is there a reason why the acari_ prefix was added to the acceptedNameUsageID ? source taxonID scientificNameID acceptedNameUsageID parentNameUsageID originalNameUsageID nameAccordingToID namePublishedInID taxonConceptID scientificName acceptedNameUsage parentNameUsage originalNameUsage nameAccordingTo namePublishedIn namePublishedInYear higherClassification kingdom phylum class subclass superorder order suborder infraorder parvorder nanorder superfamily family subfamily tribe subtribe genus infragenericEpithet specificEpithet infraspecificEpithet taxonRank verbatimTaxonRank scientificNameAuthorship vernacularName nomenclaturalCode taxonomicStatus nomenclaturalStatus taxonRemarks canonicalName TPT acari_6995 Allothyridae Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Acari Parasitiformes Holothyrida Holothyroidea Allothyridae family Allothyridae GBIF Acari_10682343 6996 Dicrogonatus Gerlach, Lehtinen & Madl, 2010 Gerlach, J., & Marusik, Y. M. (Eds.). (2010). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press. Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Holothyrida Holothyridae Dicrogonatus genus Gerlach, Lehtinen & Madl, 2010 accepted Dicrogonatus GBIF acari_10766101 10682343 Dicrogonatus gardineri (Warburton, 1912) Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Holothyrida Holothyridae Dicrogonatus gardineri species (Warburton, 1912) accepted Dicrogonatus gardineri GBIF acari_10857865 10682343 Dicrogonatus niger (Thon, 1906) Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Holothyrida Holothyridae Dicrogonatus niger species (Thon, 1906) accepted Dicrogonatus niger GBIF acari_6892347 4663001 6892348 Haplothyrus expolitissimus (Berlese, 1923) Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Holothyrida Holothyridae Haplothyrus expolitissimus species (Berlese, 1923) accepted Haplothyrus expolitissimus GBIF acari_6892348 6892347 4663001 Holothyrus expolitissimus Berlese, 1923 Haplothyrus expolitissimus Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Holothyrida Holothyridae Holothyrus expolitissimus species Berlese, 1923 synonym Holothyrus expolitissimus

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[jhpoelen]

@EMTuckerLab thanks for your quick response.

I can see why you added the prefix: to make the taxonIDs unique in @dimus globalnames index.

And, with this, you implicitly state that all internal taxon identifiers should be prefixed with the same number.

Suggest to consistently use prefixes for all IDs, including acceptedNameUsageID, parentNameUsageID etc.

Curious to hear your thoughts on this.

[EMTuckerLab]

@jhpoelen That would seem to make sense. The whole point of these identifiers is to help distinguish things, so if making the prefixes consistent across all ID fields helps reduce issues (which I think it would), then we should do it... Especially since they largely cross-reference each other.