[tcs-lc] nameObjects, spellings, vernaculars, etc

Gregor Hagedorn G.Hagedorn at BBA.DE
Tue May 3 03:58:47 PDT 2005


> I think that most other orthographic variants can be represented in TCS as
> Name-strings attached to a particular TaxonConcept instance, that points to a
> particular name object (i.e., the set of all orthographic variants for a name
> object can be derived from the set of all unique Name-strings attached to
> TaxonConcepts that point to this name object).

I would be sorry to see that so. Developing the name-variant table is 
significant work, and for those name-variants that do not inform about a 
concept (lack any sensu, emend, sec. etc. indication), it would be a waste of
effort to associate them with a concept rather than with a name.

At the same time, clearly for concepts there are also name variants:

Evonymus europaeus sec. Richard Pyle 2000 (= canonical),
Euonymus europaeus sec. Richard Pyle 2000,
Evonymus europaeeus sec. Richard Pyle 2000,
Euonymus europaeeus sec. Richard Pyle 2000,
Evonymus europaeus sec. Richard Pyle,
Euonymus europaeus sec. Richard Pyle,
Evonymus europaeeus sec. Richard Pyle,
Euonymus europaeeus sec. Richard Pyle,
Evonymus europaeus sec. R. Pile,
Euonymus europaeus sec. R. Pile,
Evonymus europaeeus sec. R. Pile,
Euonymus europaeeus sec. R. Pile,
Evonymus europaeus sec. R. Pyle,
Euonymus europaeus sec. R. Pyle,
Evonymus europaeeus sec. R. Pyle,
Euonymus europaeeus sec. R. Pyle,
Evonymus europaeus sec. R. P.,
Euonymus europaeus sec. R. P.,
Evonymus europaeeus sec. R. P.,
Euonymus europaeeus sec. R. P.,

I think the name-variant structure should apply to both name objects and 
concept names.

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