Changes in how synonyms are declared?

[BenMerSci]

Hi @dimus!

Is it possible there was any recent changes in how an entry is declared Synonym, with the deprecated isSynonym key (or even with the 'new' key taxonomicStatus)?

I have a test on my side that was querying for 'Diptera' from CatalogueOfLife:

(https://verifier.globalnames.org/api/v1/verifications/Diptera?capitalize=true&all_matches=true&data_sources=1)

and it was working around the key isSynonym to keep/remove the entries that were and were not synonyms, and now my tests suddenly fails and I've dig around and all I can currently see on my side is a change in the isSynonym key, as previously the test was checking the length of the previously returned query for Diptera, it was dropping the synonyms and ended up with only one entry for Diptera from CatalogueOfLife, but now the two entries are declared Synonym and are dropped.

Did anything change?

Thank you, and happy new year!

[dimus]

Hi @BenMerSci sorry about this problem and thank you for reporting it! We are having quite unique situation from January 5th to ~January 15th. The university computer center is shutdown during this period due to upgrade of its electrical supply system. We recreated backup services at a temporary location and until the computer center is back we serve all our programs from this new place. It sounds like a problem is with data migration. Let me investigate

[dimus]

the results should be more sane now, but I also notice another problem, Diptera which is not a synonym is not appearing as the 'BestResult'.

I have tests that check the code itself, but most of the issues you are reporting are coming from discrepancies in the postgresql-stored data. I definitely need to make tests that test data integrity!

[BenMerSci]

The problem I encountered specifically with Diptera and CatalogueOfLife is resolved (the plant Diptera is considered Synonym and the insect Diptera is Accepted).

I'll let you see if you want to close this issue now or not!

Also, if there is any opportunities, I'd be more than curious to discuss what kind of test/framework you use to test data integrity in your databases, as we are facing similar issues in my organization!

Thanks again for your time @dimus!

[dimus]

Yes, lets close this one, and I will create a new issue. gnverifier and its components are written in Go, so I use Go HTTP testing framework for RESTful tests, for example https://github.com/gnames/gnames/blob/master/internal/io/rest/bug_test.go