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species names for data that fail taxonomic validation #241

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
if data fails taxonomic validation, the species name in list and map view
displays '---'. instead, if the data has genus and specific epithet, or
scientific name, or generally any taxonomic information, it should be
displayed in a way that identifies it but in a non-authoritative way.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by eightyst...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2008 at 7:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2009 at 3:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Should be resolved in r1275. Test this.

Original comment by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com on 19 Mar 2009 at 12:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Issue not resolve by r1275. Instead, this requires a more elaborate solution. I
believe the one way to do this would to require the ScientificName for a valid
record. There would need to be a new validation test for this, and a new error
message. The Error type list box in simple search would then have to contain
ScientificName as well. 
A better solution (one with less impact on development and on the requirements 
placed
on the user) is to create and populate ScientificName on upload if it isn't 
already
populated. Here's how: 
If ScientificName is empty or null, construct ScientificName as
    if(genus==null){ 
      if(family==null){ 
        if(order==null){
          if(class==null){ 
            if(phylum==null){ 
              if(kingdom==null) ScientificName="unidentified";
              else ScientificName=kingdom;   
            }else ScientificName=phylum; 
          }else ScientificName=class; 
        }else ScientificName=order; 
      }else ScientificName=family; 
    }else{ 
      if(SpecificEpithet==null) genus; 
      else{ 
        if(InfraspecificEpithet==null) ScientificName=genus+" "+SpecificEpithet; 
        else ScientificName=Genus+" "+SpecificEpithet+" "+InfraspecificEpithet;
      }
    }

Then, need to add "or ScientificName equals" to the simple search algorithm.
So, the new simple search algorithm would be:
1) select blah where AcceptedSpecies='x' or VerbatimSpecies="x" or 
ScientificName="x"
2) if no results from 1) select blah where AcceptedSpecies like 'x%' or
VerbatimSpecies like "x%" or ScientificName like "x%"
3) if no results from 2) blah where AcceptedSpecies like '%x%' or 
VerbatimSpecies
like "%x%" or ScientificName like "%x%"

Original comment by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2009 at 6:41

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Original comment by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2009 at 8:31

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Original comment by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2009 at 9:41