Table 5 Edit operations performed in the matrix generated from the normalized input
From: Introducing Explorer of Taxon Concepts with a case study on spider measurement matrix building
Edit type | Characters affected | Operation | Edit effort |
|---|---|---|---|
Merge | 1. length of whole-organism [161], length of body$1 [1] | Merge into length of whole-organism | 1 |
2. length of carapace [147], size of carapace [4], length of prosoma$2 [37], length of ocular-area [1], length of thoracic-groove [2], length of cephalic-area [1] | Merge into length of carapace | 5 | |
3. width of carapace [152], width of prosoma$3 [37], width of ocular-area [1], width of thoracic-groove [2], width of cephalic-area [1] | Merge into width of carapace | 4 | |
4. length of abdomen [138], length of opisthosomum$4 [44] | Merge into length of abdomen | 1 | |
5. width of abdomen [128], width of opisthosomum$5 [6] | Merge into width of abdomen | 1 | |
6. location of spiracle [1], size of spiracle spinneret [2], distance of spinneret-spiracle [155] | Merge into distance of spinneret-spiracle | 2 | |
7. distance of epigastric-furrow [1], distance of epigastrium-epigastrium$6 [1], distance of epigastrium-spiracle [158] | Merge into distance of epigastrium-spiracle | 2 | |
8. length of leg-2 tibia [189], length of leg-2 [1], size_or_shape of leg-2 (split, tibia) [2] | Merge into length of leg-2 tibia | 2 | |
9. length of leg-2 metatarsus [189], size_or_shape of leg-2 (split, metatarsus) [2] | Merge into length of leg-2 metatarsus | 1 | |
10. length of leg-iii tibia [186], length of leg-ii [1]i, size_or_shape of leg-iii (split, tibia) [1] | Merge into length of leg-iii tibia | 2 | |
11. length of leg-iii metatarsus [186], size_or_shape of leg-iii (split, metatarsus) [1] | Merge into length of leg-iii metatarsus | 1 | |
12. length of leg-4 tibia [187], length of leg-4 [1], size_or_shape of leg-4 (split) [2] | Merge into length of leg-4 tibia | 2 | |
13. length of leg-4 metatarsus [187], size_or_shape of leg-4 (split) [2] | Merge into length of leg-4 metatarsus | 1 | |
Delete | 14. length of leg [3] | delete length of leg | 1 |
15. size of abdomen [3] (values are non-numerical, e.g. tiny) | delete size of abdomen | 1 | |
16. length of leg-iii tibia/metatarsu [1] | delete length of leg-iii tibia/metatarsu | 1 | |
Total edits | 28 | ||