Cultivars nomenclature

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Dear Graham,

Thanks for the detailed information. I will adopt the same in Gramene, thus
making it easier for linking back to IRIS.

Regards
Pankaj

"McLaren, Graham" wrote:
> 
> Pankaj,
> You are right it is a big problem and there are no universal standards
> especially when dealing with names from non alphabetic languages. What we
> try to do in IRIS is accomodate all variants as alternative names with the
> exception of names differing in case only - we store all names in upper
> case. Then we try to identify a preferred name which will be the one used by
> preference by IRIS, and we also always add a standardized name which may or
> may not be the preferred name. The standardized name is derived by applying
> a series of standardizations to a given name. The standardizations are not
> chosen to make the name a pretty or compact as possible, but rather to
> channel as may variants as possible to the same result. At present the
> following standardizations are applied:
> 
>  (L= any letter; ^= space; N= any numeral, S= any of {-,',[,],+,.})
> a)      Capitalize all letters                  Khao-Dawk-Mali105 becomes
> KHAO-DAWK-MALI105
> b)      L( becomes L^( and )L becomes )^L       IR64(BPH) becomes IR64 (BPH)
> c)      N( becomes N^( and )N becomes )^N       IR64(5A) becomes IR64 (5A)
> d)      L. becomes L^                           IR 63 SEL. becomes IR 64 SEL
> e)      LN becomes L^N EXCEPT SLN               MALI105 becomes MALI 105 but
> MALI-F4 IS unchanged
> f)      NL becomes N^L EXCEPT SNL               B 533A-1 becomes B 533 A-1
> but B 533 A-4B is unchanged
> g)      LL-LL becomes LL^LL                     KHAO-DAWK-MALI 105 becomes
> KHAO DAWK MALI 105
> h)      ^0N becomes ^N                          IRTP 00123 becomes IRTP 123
> i)      ^^ becomes ^                            Double spaces changed to
> single spaces
> j)      REMOVE LEADING OR TRAILING ^
> k.      ^) becomes ) and (^ becomes (           Close in braces
> l.      L-N becomes L^N when there is only one '-' in the name and L is not
> preceded by a space
> m.      ^/ becomes / and /^ becomes /           Close in crossing symbols
> 
> When we search the database we always search for the name as typed, with the
> above standardizations applied to the input string, and to the input string
> with all spaces removed. This generally catches most variants.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Graham
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pankaj Jaiswal [mailto:pj37 at cornell.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:21 AM
> To: Graham Mclaren; Susan McCouch; Doreen Ware; Richard Bruskiewich;
> brie
> Subject: Cultivars nomenclature
> 
> Dear Graham,
> 
> I was wondering, if there is an existing way of writing/representing the
> rice
> cultivar name. I have seen people recording them in different ways like
> 
> AKITAKOMACHI -all caps
> Akitakomochi -Sentence case
> TAICHUNG-67
> Taichung-67
> Taichung 67 digits separated by space
> Taichung67 digits separated by hyphen
> Guang Lu Ai (IRIS version)
> Guanluai (is it correct to have this)
> Sometimes people are giving wrong (by our version) spellings like
> ILPOOM instead of ILPUM.
> TAINONG for TAINUNG
> 
> I am not so sure about which is correct (check the capital letter within the
> word)
> YuNxi 2 or Yuxi 2
> WasetoiTTu or WasetoiTu
> NaCkdong or Nakdong
> NoHrin or Norin  (I know there is a cultivar called "Norin", does "Nohrin"
> exist)
> 
> Is there a remedy for this or should IRIS put up a nomenclature document on
> its
> website and also a list of cultivars (searcheable) for recommended use of
> name.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Pankaj
> 
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> Pankaj Jaiswal, Ph.D.
> Postdoctoral Associate
> Dept. of Plant Breeding
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY-14853, USA
> 
> Tel:+1-607-255-3103 / Fax:+1-607-255-6683
> E mail: pj37 at cornell.edu
> http://www.gramene.org
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Pankaj Jaiswal, Ph.D.                                   
Postdoctoral Associate
Dept. of Plant Breeding                             
Cornell University                                   
Ithaca, NY-14853, USA   

Tel:+1-607-255-3103 / Fax:+1-607-255-6683
E mail: pj37 at cornell.edu
http://www.gramene.org   
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