BiotaControl

The BiotaControl feature is a part of the DataPatrol modul. During BiotaControl, all biotic data in the database are checked for inconsistencies. The BiotaControl overview window of the Collectors app is shown below.

biota_control_status

Inconsistencies that are recognized

The following taxa inconsistencies are detected during a Biota Contol run.

Typos

Check of ScientificNames given by the user while data ingestion against current names of the taxon in MyWoRMS. If the names differs by more than 20 percent a warning is thrown.

All other problems

The exact definition of problems that are detected can be found in chapter MyWoRMS in the misfits section.

Here a protocol from a completed BiotaControl run is shown.

taxa_polishing_user_selection