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(micro citations vs verbatim references.)
(Notes from Dmitiev)
 
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* Micro-citations should be differentiated from verbatim references. A micro-citation is just an author and date (as seen in a full taxon name). A verbatim reference is the full reference as it appears in documentation that hasn't be broken into normalized pieces yet. Both versions need to be tracked and searchable. We also need a way to get a listing out of TW of both versions, so they can be normalized into full sources.
 
* Micro-citations should be differentiated from verbatim references. A micro-citation is just an author and date (as seen in a full taxon name). A verbatim reference is the full reference as it appears in documentation that hasn't be broken into normalized pieces yet. Both versions need to be tracked and searchable. We also need a way to get a listing out of TW of both versions, so they can be normalized into full sources.
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* discussion with Dmitiev -
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** When using zoorecord or biosys - get abstract, & hierarchy of the name - single text field with a searchable list all nomenclatural acts & list of names mentioned.
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** Make sure to check for/handle duplicates records and merge new info into old record.

Latest revision as of 15:10, 30 September 2013

  • Just a note about Citations - an Email today from Zoobank requested that Chinese names be used in full. Because there are so few family names, it is hard to resolve references with just a family name and first initial.
  • Micro-citations should be differentiated from verbatim references. A micro-citation is just an author and date (as seen in a full taxon name). A verbatim reference is the full reference as it appears in documentation that hasn't be broken into normalized pieces yet. Both versions need to be tracked and searchable. We also need a way to get a listing out of TW of both versions, so they can be normalized into full sources.
  • discussion with Dmitiev -
    • When using zoorecord or biosys - get abstract, & hierarchy of the name - single text field with a searchable list all nomenclatural acts & list of names mentioned.
    • Make sure to check for/handle duplicates records and merge new info into old record.