Hi,
I know DwC is a data exchange format but I'm trying to implement a name management in a system and wanted to try to use the correct term for a property.
The system stores parent names as adjacency lists (using a parent_id field) and also has a taxonRank property for the current rank of the name.
The property I'm looking to add is a uninomial'and that would be used to calculate the scientificName by using the current taxonRank and parent names.
The TDWG ontology has:
nameComplete (scientificName without any authority)
uninomial (A single name without authority down to the level of genus)
There's also the proposed dwc term genericName which might fill this role
I'm imagining the user enters a reference to the parent name, the taxon rank and this uninomial and from there you can calculate what all of the other ranks fields contain.
So:
genus
specificEpithet
infraspecificEpithet
scientificNameAuthorship
Macropus
Shaw, 1790
Macropus
fulginosus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Macropus fulginosus
melanops
Gould, 1842
would be captured as:
parent_id
id
uninomial
taxonRank
scientificNameAuthorship
1
Macropus
genus
Shaw, 1790
1
2
fulginosus
species
(Desmarest, 1817)
2
3
melanops
subspecies
Gould, 1842
I'm aware this gets complicated with subgenera and multiple infraspecific ranks below species.
So my question is 'What should I call this field for minimal user confusion" (It's handy to point to / reuse the DwC definitions / labels for fields to explain how they are used)
Hi, I know DwC is a data exchange format but I'm trying to implement a name management in a system and wanted to try to use the correct term for a property.
The system stores parent names as adjacency lists (using a parent_id field) and also has a taxonRank property for the current rank of the name.
The property I'm looking to add is a uninomial'and that would be used to calculate the
scientificNameby using the current taxonRank and parent names.The TDWG ontology has:
There's also the proposed dwc term genericName which might fill this role
I'm imagining the user enters a reference to the parent name, the taxon rank and this uninomial and from there you can calculate what all of the other ranks fields contain.
would be captured as:
I'm aware this gets complicated with subgenera and multiple infraspecific ranks below species.
So my question is 'What should I call this field for minimal user confusion" (It's handy to point to / reuse the DwC definitions / labels for fields to explain how they are used)