Table 1. Biological taxonomy curation tasks.
Category | Task |
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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. |