Taxacom: Management of "unnecessary" names in databases
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Mon Nov 21 07:22:16 CST 2022
2022
Dear Taxacomers,
Sometimes it happens that scientific names at a given superrank or subrank
are subsumed into each other. For a pair of two names, this often means
that the only remaining name becomes "unnecessary" as it contributes
nothing to the classification.
For example, in a family with two subfamilies, one subfamily is considered
to be nested within the other and therefore synonymized. The result is one
family with one subfamily, the latter being now "unnecessary" from the
classification point of view.
Sometimes it happens that a subordinal name is elevated to order, including
a slightly different ending. No new suborders are proposed. The old
suborder name is now "unnecessary" for the classification.
How are you handling these "unnecessary" names in your databases? Do you
keep them in the backend but make them invisible in the frontend? Do you
tag them with some qualifier or status? Do you delete them? Something else?
Kind regards,
Carlos
Carlos A. Mart?nez Mu?oz
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