TG2-VALIDATION_TYPESTATUS_NOTEMPTY

[Tasilee]

TestField	Value
GUID	cd7cae15-f255-41a3-b002-c9620c40f620
Label	VALIDATION_TYPESTATUS_NOTEMPTY
Description	Is there a value in dwc:typeStatus?
TestType	Validation
Darwin Core Class	Identification
Information Elements ActedUpon	dwc:typeStatus
Information Elements Consulted
Expected Response	COMPLIANT if dwc:typeStatus is bdq:NotEmpty; otherwise NOT_COMPLIANT
Data Quality Dimension	Completeness
Term-Actions	TYPESTATUS_NOTEMPTY
Parameter(s)
Source Authority
Specification Last Updated	2024-02-04
Examples	[dwc:typeStatus="holotype of Pinus radiata": Response.status=RUN_HAS_RESULT, Response.result=COMPLIANT, Response.comment="dwc:typeStatus is bdq:NotEmpty"]
	[dwc:typeStatus="": Response.status=RUN_HAS_RESULT, Response.result=NOT_COMPLIANT, Response.comment="dwc:typeStatus is bdq:Empty"]
Source	TG2
References
Example Implementations (Mechanisms)	Kurator/FilteredPush sci_name_qc Library
Link to Specification Source Code	https://github.com/FilteredPush/sci_name_qc/blob/v1.1.2/src/main/java/org/filteredpush/qc/sciname/DwCSciNameDQ.java#L3168
Notes	The vast majority of current biodiversity data will be expected to not have a value in dwc:typeStatus. This test could have value in determining 'quality' for a specific set of data quality needs/use cases.

[chicoreus]

Unless we are hypersplitting and describing every new individual as a new taxon, complete with a type specimen, the value of dwc:typeStatus would be expected to be empty for almost all records in most data sets.

For most purposes, this would be better represented as a MultiRecord measure, counting the portion of records in a data set that have some value in dwc:typeStatus.

[Tasilee]

@chicoreus: Agreed, the Supplementary criteria "likely to return a high percentage of either bdq:COMPLIANT or bdq:NOT_COMPLIANT results (cf bdq:Response.result)" seems justified as 0.7% GBIF records have a value.