A revised Key for the Reference Soil Groups in WRB2022 4th ed (Freddy Nachtergaele)

[StephanMantelISRIC]

There was some discussion last year what to include in the key and what not.

I took up that discussion and made some more simplifications. This resulted in a revised key that took the word count down from, on average, 64 words in WRB2022 to 46 in the Revised Key, without changing anything fundamental.

This should contribute to a more accessible key for educational and research purposes.

Please see attached file for the discussion paper.

Freddy Nachtergaele

A revised Key for the Reference Soil Groups in WRBv2.docx

[cyrus621]

I like this very much. It will eliminate some of the confusion and keep the priority order more in line with the original idea of what is most important. I also appreciate the reduction in wordiness.