terraframe / geoprism-registry

GeoPrism Registry is a system for curating interlinked data through time. It's the first framework implementing the Common Geo-Registry specification.
https://geoprismregistry.com/
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Provide warning if there are duplicate display labels when creating a Geo-Object of the same name #918

Open rfromthecastle opened 1 year ago

rfromthecastle commented 1 year ago

User stories

As a Registry Maintainer, it would be helpful to be warned if a new Geo-Object being added has the same display label as an existing one. This would then prompt me to add some kind of distinguishing piece of text to the display label of both, e.g., adding the district in parentheses for two health facilities of the same name, but found in different districts.

Problems this relates to

Data management

Proposed solution

See user story.

Considered alternatives

Manually check lists for duplicates.

Additional context

There are multiple cases in Laos where multiple Geo-Objects of the same type have exactly the same name. Even though the unique identifier exists, it is easier to differentiate them by name, especially in linked systems that don't immediately display the unique identifier.