Topic: Import wizard matches
Following on from this thread in the Species Dictionary section
http://forums.nbn.org.uk/viewtopic.php?id=4730
I was wondering if it might be possible to sidestep the delays in updating the preferred vascular plant list by inserting records into the table IW_Matched_species?
I was thinking to take a table of all of the name changes & using the rucksack builder tool to create a list of recommended TLIKs (and list keys) for the 'old' names & then combining these with the new names & inserting these into the table.
The problem has become more urgent since MapMate has now incorporated the Stace 3 changes into its dictionary so any data we receive from MapMate users may now contain names which are not in the R6 dictionary.
Are there any pitfalls anyone can identify to this approach?
Wildlife Sites Officer
Wiltshire & Swindon Biological Records Centre