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Table 4 Edit operations performed in the matrix generated from the original input

From: Introducing Explorer of Taxon Concepts with a case study on spider measurement matrix building

Edit type

Characters affected

Operations

Edit effort

Delete

quantity of leg [15], character of carapace [4], length of carapace [147], width of carapace [76], length of abdomen [133], length of sternum [168], quantity of iii tibia/metatarsu [1], quantity of iii [8], quantity of leg-3 [1]

delete column

9

Rename

quantity of whole-organism [162]

Rename as "length of whole-organism (new)"

1

quantity of carapace (split, length) [139]

Rename as "length of carapace (new)"

1

quantity of carapace (split, width) [129]

Rename as "width of carapace (new)"

1

quantity of abdomen (split, length) [133]

Rename as "length of abdomen (new)"

1

quantity of sternum (split, length) [165]

Rename as "length of sternum (new)"

1

quantity of spiracle-epigastrium [138]

Rename as "distance of spiracle-epigastrium (new)"

1

quantity of spiracle-spinneret [155]

Rename as "distance of spiracle-spinneret (new)"

1

quantity of i tibia [189]

Rename as "length of leg i tibia (new)"

1

quantity of i metatarsus [189]

Rename as "length of leg i metatarsus (new)"

1

quantity of ii tibia [188]

Rename as "length of leg ii tibia (new)"

1

quantity of ii metatarsus [188]

Rename as "length of leg ii metatarsus (new)"

1

quantity of iii tibia [185]

Rename as "length of leg iii tibia (new)"

1

quantity of iii metatarsus [185]

Rename as "length of leg iii metatarsus (new)"

1

quantity of iv tibia [186]

Rename as "length of leg iv tibia (new)"

1

quantity of iv metatarsus [186]

Rename as "length of leg iv metatarsus (new)"

1

Merge

length of whole-organism (new) [162], quantity of body [1]

Merge into length of whole-organism (new)"

1

length of carapace(new) [129], quantity of prosoma(split, length) [37], quantity of thoracic-groove [6], quantity of cephalic-area [1], quantity of front [2], quantity of ocular-area(split, length) [2]

Merge into “length of carapace (new)”

5

width of carapace (new) [139], quantity of prosoma(split, width) [37], quantity of ocular-area(split, width) [1]

Merge into “width of carapace (new)”

2

length of palpal-tarsus [5]*, quantity of palpal-tarsus [57]

Merge into “length of palpal-tarsus”

1

length of abdomen (new) [133], quantity of opisthosomum(split, length) [44]

Merge into “length of abdomen (new)”

1

width of abdomen [2]*, quantity of opisthosomum(split, width) [7], quantity of abdomen (split, width) [128]

Merge into “width of abdomen”

2

quantity of sternum (split, width) [160], width of sternum [1]*

Merge into “width of sternum”

1

distance of spiracle-spinneret (new) [155], quantity of spiracle [1], quantity of spiracle spinneret [2]

Merge into “distance of spinneret-spiracle(new)”

2

quantity of epigastric-furrow [1], distance of spiracle-epigastrium (new) [138], quantity of epigastrium-epigastrium [1], quantity of epigastrium-spiracle [20]

Merge into “distance of epigastrium-spiracle (new)”

3

length of leg ii tibia (new) [188], quantity of ii (split, tibia) [5]

Merge into ”length of leg ii tibia(new)“

1

length of leg ii metatarsus (new) [188], quantity of ii (split, metatarsus) [3]

Merge into “length of leg ii metatarsus(new)”

1

length of leg iv tibia (new) [186], quantity of iv (split, tibia) [4]

Merge into "length of leg iv tibia(new)"

1

length of leg iv metatarsus (new) [186], quantity of iv (split, metatarsus) [3]

Merge into "length of leg iv metatarsus(new)"

1

Total edits

46

  
  1. The numbers in “[]” indicate the number of values affected by an edit operation. Characters indicated with an “*” were retained without edits