TG2-VALIDATION_SPECIFICEPITHET_NOTEMPTY

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TestField	Value
GUID	cdb37443-292e-49b6-a012-4718f0d7ba64
Label	VALIDATION_SPECIFICEPITHET_NOTEMPTY
Description	Is there a value in dwc:specificEpithet?
TestType	Validation
Darwin Core Class	Taxon
Information Elements ActedUpon	dwc:specificEpithet
Information Elements Consulted
Expected Response	INTERNAL_PREREQUISITES_NOT_MET if dwc:specificEpithet is EMPTY and dwc:taxonRank contains a value that is not interpretable as a taxon rank; COMPLIANT if dwc:specificEpithet is not EMPTY, or dwc:specificEpithet is EMPTY and the value in dwc:taxonRank is higher than specific epithet; otherwise NOT_COMPLIANT.
Data Quality Dimension	Completeness
Term-Actions	SPECIFICEPITHET_NOTEMPTY
Parameter(s)
Source Authority
Specification Last Updated	2024-06-05
Examples	[dwc:specificEpithet="noidea": Response.status=RUN_HAS_RESULT, Response.result=COMPLIANT, Response.comment="dwc:specificEpithet is not EMPTY"]
	[dwc:specificEpithet="": Response.status=RUN_HAS_RESULT, Response.result=NOT_COMPLIANT, Response.comment="dwc:specificEpithet is EMPTY"]
Source	TG2
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Link to Specification Source Code
Notes	This bdq:Supplementary test is not regarded as CORE (cf. bdq:CORE) because of one or more of the reasons: not being widely applicable; not informative; not straightforward to implement or likely to return a high percentage of either bdq:COMPLIANT or bdq:NOT_COMPLIANT results (cf bdq:Response.result). A Supplementary test may be implemented as CORE when a suitable use case exists.

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Changed Expected Response from

COMPLIANT if dwc:specificEpithet is not EMPTY; otherwise NOT_COMPLIANT

to

INTERNAL_PREREQUISITES_NOT_MET if dwc:specificEpithet is EMPTY and dwc:taxonRank contains a value that is not interpretable as a taxon rank; COMPLIANT if dwc:specificEpithet is not EMPTY, or dwc:specificEpithet is EMPTY and the value in dwc:taxonRank is higher than specific epithet; otherwise NOT_COMPLIANT.