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. 2020 Jun 29;6:e277. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.277

Table 1. Biological taxonomy curation tasks.

Category Task
Pattern identification (1) Identify congruence: Identify same taxonomic concepts.
(2) Identify corrections: Identify splits, merges, moves, renames.
(3) Identify additions/exclusions: Identify new or missing taxa.
(4) Overview changes: Obtain a global view of changes.
(5) Summarize: Obtain numerical understanding of change.
Query (6) Find inconsistencies: Recognize violation of rules (e.g., repeated names).
(7) Filter: Find cases that satisfy certain conditions.
(8) Retrieve details: Retrieve the attributes of a particular concept.
(9) Focus: Navigate and see the information in detail.
Edit (10) Edit: Make changes to the taxonomies.