Table 2 PhyloSophos mapping status for canonical scientific names (n = 453,779) uniquely appearing in either Catalogue of Life (CoL, n = 33,639), Encyclopedia of Life (EoL, n = 3,399) and GBIF (n = 416,741) using NCBI taxonomy as a reference system
Scientific name mapping status | Total (n = 453,779) | CoL (n = 33,639) | EoL (n = 3,399) | GBIF (n = 416,741) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Exact mapping | 5,434 (1.20%) | 613 (1.82%) | 905 (26.62%) | 3,916 (0.94%) |
(raw & simple correction) | 1,397 | 66 | 21 | 1,310 |
(recursive mapping) | 4,021 | 543 | 881 | 2,597 |
(multiple taxa linked) | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Nearest mapping | 437,364 (96.3%) | 32,796 (97.5%) | 2,452 (72.1%) | 402,116 (96.5%) |
(genus level) | 268,594 | 21,063 | 1,658 | 245,873 |
(higher taxonomic level) | 168,770 | 11,733 | 794 | 156,243 |
Exceptions | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Unmapped | 10,974 | 230 | 38 | 10,706 |
Theoretical maximum for single DB usage | 269,994 (59.5%) | 21,129 (62.8%) | 1,682 (49.5%) | 247,183 (59.3%) |
PhyloSophos mapping | 442,798 (97.6%) | 33,409 (99.3%) | 3,357 (98.8%) | 406,032 (97.4%) |