Add a taxonomic change into the metadata.yml file for a dataset_id

Add a single taxonomic change into the metadata.yml file for a specific study.

metadata_add_taxonomic_change(
  dataset_id,
  find,
  replace,
  reason,
  taxonomic_resolution,
  overwrite = TRUE
)

Arguments

dataset_id

Identifier for a particular study in the database

find

Original name used by the contributor

replace

Taxonomic name accepted by APC or APNI

reason

Reason for taxonomic change

taxonomic_resolution

The rank of the most specific taxon name (or scientific name) to which a submitted orignal name resolves

overwrite

Parameter indicating whether preexisting find-replace entries should be overwritten. Defaults to true

Value

metadata.yml file with taxonomic change added