A review of software tools for spell-checking taxon names in vegetation databases

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F16%3A00094215" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/16:00094215 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12432" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12432</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12432" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.12432</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A review of software tools for spell-checking taxon names in vegetation databases
Original language description
Correct spelling of taxon names in vegetation databases is a fundamental prerequisite for many data processing steps. However, manual detection and correction of spelling mistakes is inefficient, prone to errors and non-reproducible, especially when scanning large databases. Here, I review six software tools that spell-check taxon names in vegetation databases: (1) the Global Names Resolver, (2) the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera, (3) the Taxonomic Name Resolution Service and R packages (4) Plantminer, (5) Taxonstand and (6) tpl. In particular, I test their capacity to spell-check names across the taxonomic ranks and organism groups frequently encountered in vegetation data and challenge their ability to screen names from different geographic regions. Performance by software tools differed widely in these tests. Backed up by multiple reference lists, the Global Names Resolver emerged as the most versatile software tool.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EF - Botany
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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