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fix broken occ link
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EliLawrence committed Oct 23, 2024
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When species are reclassied in WoRMS, the original `scientificName` and `scientificNameID` provided in a dataset remains unchanged. However WoRMS will list the old ID as "Unaccepted", and link to the accepted taxon entry, and this will be reflected in the taxonomic information attached to a dataset download.

For example, if we search for Manta birostris in OBIS (<https://obis.org/taxon/105857>), we see that the taxon's status in WoRMS is unaccepted. At the bottom of the page it links to the currently accepted name: <https://obis.org/taxon/1026118>. We can find an occurrence which shows the **source** `scientificName` as "Manta" while the **interpreted** `scientificName` is "Mobula": <https://obis.org/occurrence/0020c873-02f1-4bd7-b396-ad36600bc8b2>. We can also see that `originalScientificName` is populated with the source name in the intepreted output.
For example, if we search for Manta birostris in OBIS (<https://obis.org/taxon/105857>), we see that the taxon's status in WoRMS is unaccepted. At the bottom of the page it links to the currently accepted name: <https://obis.org/taxon/1026118>. We can find an occurrence which shows the **source** `scientificName` as "Manta" while the **interpreted** `scientificName` is "Mobula": <https://obis.org/occurrence/00032775-252c-44b3-9c95-be1c9adb2fe4>. We can also see that `originalScientificName` is populated with the source name in the intepreted output.

As a user, you don't have to trace species names. *However* if the datasets's DwC-A is downloaded from the dataset page instead of obtained through R or the Mapper, **all fields will contain the original value**. It remains good practice to also check identifiers against WoRMS to see if any have been updated when you download data.

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