[SEEK-Taxon] some concerns about the mammal data uploaded by Trevor

[Kennedy, Jessie]

Hi Xianhua

>
>I went through the mammal data Trevor created and thank him 
>for his great job
>before moving. I just found something I am not very sure with.
>
>Firstly, different pages in the same publication have been treated as
>different publications. See an example as following,
>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5473"> <PublicationSimple>Ann. Mag. 
>Nat. Hist., ser.
>8, 10:396.</PublicationSimple> </Publication>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5474"> <PublicationSimple>Ann. Mag. 
>Nat. Hist., ser.
>8, 10:397.</PublicationSimple> </Publication>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5432"> <PublicationSimple>Ann. Mag. 
>Nat. Hist., ser.
>8, 10:399.</PublicationSimple> </Publication>
>
>
>I wonder if it is better to treated them as one publication 
>'Ann. Mag. Nat.
>Hist., ser. 8, 10' with differenct microreference of pages - 
>396,397 and 399
>respectively. This might be the use of TCS the way it has been 
>designed.
>
yes this was how it was desinged and it would be better - this was only Trevor trying to automate the conversion - the only way to change this would be manually based on the data format we had - so if you can - making these changes would be more accurate.... thanks

>Additionally, there are some duplications in the publications. 
>See examples as
>following,
>
>example 1:
>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5479"> <PublicationSimple>Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool.
>(Paris), ser. 5, 7:375.</PublicationSimple> </Publication>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5480"> <PublicationSimple>Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool.
>(Paris), ser. 5, 7:375.</PublicationSimple> </Publication>
>
>example 2:
>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5481"> <PublicationSimple>David, Nouv. 
>Arch. Mus.
>Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull. for 1871, 7(4):92 [1872].</PublicationSimple>
></Publication>
><Publication id="MSW_PUB5482"> <PublicationSimple>David, Nouv. 
>Arch. Mus.
>Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull. for 1871, 7(4):92 [1872].</PublicationSimple>
></Publication>
>

yes they shouldn't be there.......

>
>Before we import the data into SEEK database for further 
>processing, we'd
>better re-check the data and make it as clean as possible.


with Trevor having gone would you be able to do this? is this ok Bob?

any problems we're happy to discuss...

thanks,

Jessie