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As I've been populating the spreadsheet by hand, I've noticed (so far) 3 typical dilemmas that pop up. I'll explain each of them in a separate post, to enable separate responses. | As I've been populating the spreadsheet by hand, I've noticed (so far) 3 typical dilemmas that pop up. I'll explain each of them in a separate post, to enable separate responses. | ||
Kat- hope you had a great vacation! | Kat- hope you had a great vacation! | ||
== 1. Locating right level in taxonomy == | |||
Sometimes it can be tricky to know whether an FCT entry should be mapped against a genus, a species, or a specific varietal in WikiFCD. Most often, the FCT is not specific ("amaranth"), and WikiFCD has existing entries for the genus and many species (and often multiple varietals) within that. | |||
There's an argument for mapping the FCT entry to the highest relevant match in WikiFCD -- nutritional properties should accrue to the more general class, when something narrower is not specified. | |||
But there's also an argument for mapping the FCT entry to a species (or even varietal?) when possible -- perhaps the overall genus functions more as a "food category" in WikiFCD than a specific "food item" per se. | |||
Guidance/thoughts? | |||