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Matching criterions

no_additional_matching.Rd

Custom matching criterions used within match_all_issue() and get_match_from_multiple().

Usage

no_additional_matching(enrich_database_extract, message = "")

additional_wcvp_matching(enrich_database_extract, message = "")

Arguments

enrich_database_extract

extract of enrichment database (often records with identical taxonomic names).

message

Matching message.

Value

Always returns a list of 2 with:

  • $row The rows of enrich_database_extract corresponding to the best match/s according to the criterion.

  • $message A combination of the input message the method used to determine a match.

Details

Within BGSmartR we have two in-built custom matching criterions.

  • no_additional_matching() is used when no custom matching wants to be performed.

  • additional_wcvp_matching() is the default for additional matching to the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) database. This method includes looking ahead to see if potential matches lead to the same accepted plant name, and matching on the taxon_status of the records (Accepted or Synonym).

These can be used within match_all_issue() and get_match_from_multiple() via the input matching_criterion. See vignette Method of Matching taxonomic records for further details on custom matching and how to create new matching criterions.