Code Table Request - REMOVE juvenal from the age class table

[Jegelewicz]

Initial Request

Goal

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clean up terms in the age class table to reflect life stages.

Context

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"juvenal" is now very rare or obsolete in its original general sense and has become almost exclusively a technical term designating a specific plumage stage in birds.

It appears that "juvenal plumage" would be one method of determining that a bird is juvenile. I propose that we remove juvenal from the code table and for the records where it is used add the age class juvenile with juvenal in the method.

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Proposed Value to remove

juvenal

Definition of term to be removed

Clear, complete, non-collection-type-specific functional definition of the value. Avoid discipline-specific terminology if possible, include parenthetically if unavoidable.

Prior to molt into first basic plumage, or a bird in its first plumage after the downy plumage in the pullus stage. (Not equivalent to juvenile.)

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GUID_PREFIX	AGE_CLASS	NUMUSED
CSULB:Bird	juvenal	1
DMNS:Bird	juvenal	1
UAM:Bird	juvenal	2
UMZM:Bird	juvenal	2
UWYMV:Bird	juvenal	1

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@ArctosDB/arctos-code-table-administrators @acdoll @ewommack @adhornsby @ccicero

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1. Adding an existing term to additional collection types may proceed immediately and without discussion, but doing so may also subject users to future cleanup efforts. If time allows, please review the term and definition as part of this step.
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[mkoo]

It seems with a term that is obsolete and with such low usage in Arctos that this request is easily justified.
Have these collections been contacted yet? if so, I'd check a box for this

[Jegelewicz]

Have these collections been contacted yet?

I tagged those that I could above.

[Jegelewicz]

I changed the CSULB record.

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

This seems like a good cleanup to me, but I'll wait for some of the bird collections to chime in before I check a box.

[acdoll]

Ours has been changed to juvenile.

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

checking a box

[adhornsby]

UMZM records have been changed to juvenile.

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

Just UAM and UWYMV left?

[Jegelewicz]

@ArctosDB/arctos-code-table-administrators have made the effort to reach collections using this term there are less than 5 uses of the term and we propose that @dustymc changes those to juvenile with juvenal in the method.

[dustymc]

@mkoo please advise

data

temp_juvenal.csv

summary

 guid_prefix | count 
-------------+-------
 UWYMV:Bird  |     1
 UMZM:Bird   |     1
 UAM:Bird    |     2
(3 rows)

contact

@adhornsby
@ewommack

[Jegelewicz]

Beth and Angela,

Please provide feedback in this issue so that we can change data and close it.

Thanks!

Teresa J. Mayfield-Meyer

[Jegelewicz]

I do not know who to contact for UAM:Bird, but this is getting a little ridiculous.....

[ewommack]

Corrected the UWYMV record, sorry for the delay.

I do not know who to contact for UAM:Bird, but this is getting a little ridiculous.....

Maybe try Kevin Winker? @ccicero - any ideas who is working in UAM bird collection?

[adhornsby]

Sorry about that, thought I had corrected all UMZM already. Done now!

[Jegelewicz]

@mkoo @dustymc can we make some sort of usage rule?

[dustymc]

make some sort of usage rule?

Please! Here's a starting point: 1% of Arctos records.

See also #7627 (comment)

[Jegelewicz]

@mkoo we should have looked at this one today...

[dustymc]

merge --> https://github.com/ArctosDB/code-table-work/issues/62