verifier

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• type Verifier
  • func New(url string, sources []int, all bool) Verifier

Types

type Verifier

type Verifier interface {
	// Verify method takes a slice of name-strings, matches them to a variety of
	// scientific name databases and returns reconciliation/resolution results.
	Verify([]string) (map[string]vlib.Name, stats.Stats, float32)

	// IsConnected checks if there remote verification service is reachable.
	IsConnected() bool
}

Verifier interface provides reconciliation and resolution of scientific names. Reconciliation matches name-string to all found lexical variants of the string. Resolution uses information in taxonomic databases such as Catalogue of Life to determing currently accepted name according to the database.

func New

func New(url string, sources []int, all bool) Verifier

New creates an instance of Verifier