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:package: Taxonomic Database
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Add function for handling synonyms #4

Closed cboettig closed 6 years ago

cboettig commented 6 years ago

Join all synonyms tables together for a more comprehensive list(?). Will require de-duplication.

Create a function that will query the name against synonym list and return the correct match. Note: unlike a generic 'fuzzy match' or 'spell check', most synonym tables provide specific matches to accepted IDs/names. This is nice as it permits automation where we can auto-correct names without having to request user input, but a fuzzy-match behavior might be a useful further addition.

cboettig commented 6 years ago

Done, but will be rolled into #12