A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices
• Premise of the study: Taxonomists manage large amounts of specimen data. This is usually initiated in spreadsheets and then converted for publication into locality lists and indices to associate collectors and collector numbers from herbarium sheets to identifications (exsiccatae). This conversion...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57101 |
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| author | Simon, R. Spooner, D.M. |
| author_browse | Simon, R. Spooner, D.M. |
| author_facet | Simon, R. Spooner, D.M. |
| author_sort | Simon, R. |
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| description | • Premise of the study: Taxonomists manage large amounts of specimen data. This is usually initiated in spreadsheets and then converted for publication into locality lists and indices to associate collectors and collector numbers from herbarium sheets to identifications (exsiccatae). This conversion process is mostly done by hand and is time‐consuming, cumbersome, and error‐prone.• Methods and Results: We constructed a tool, ‘exsic,’ based on the statistical software R. The exsic function is part of the R package ‘exsic’ and produces specimen citations and exsiccatae conforming to four related formats.• Conclusions: The tool increases speed, efficiency, and accuracy to convert raw spreadsheet tables to publication‐ready content. |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2013 |
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| spelling | CGSpace571012025-11-06T14:07:41Z A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices Simon, R. Spooner, D.M. taxonomy computer applications • Premise of the study: Taxonomists manage large amounts of specimen data. This is usually initiated in spreadsheets and then converted for publication into locality lists and indices to associate collectors and collector numbers from herbarium sheets to identifications (exsiccatae). This conversion process is mostly done by hand and is time‐consuming, cumbersome, and error‐prone.• Methods and Results: We constructed a tool, ‘exsic,’ based on the statistical software R. The exsic function is part of the R package ‘exsic’ and produces specimen citations and exsiccatae conforming to four related formats.• Conclusions: The tool increases speed, efficiency, and accuracy to convert raw spreadsheet tables to publication‐ready content. 2013-06 2015-03-11T12:08:42Z 2015-03-11T12:08:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57101 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Simon, R.; Spooner, D.M. 2013. A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices.Applications in Plant Sciences. 1(6):4 p. |
| spellingShingle | taxonomy computer applications Simon, R. Spooner, D.M. A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title | A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title_full | A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title_fullStr | A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title_short | A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| title_sort | new r package exsic to assist taxonomists in creating indices |
| topic | taxonomy computer applications |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57101 |
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