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  1. K

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    Perhaps we should have a separate technical thread about how one can use databases, for names. Someone should try Apache AGE, the postgres graph extension, and see what it can do with names.
  2. K

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    The IOC master list has 33,682 rows, and yes, I do think that's tiny (a few MB). Likewise the changes over a six months period are limited; 800 changes is not a serious load (800 writes per second is a serious load). Database strong points are: (1) handling huge data, (2) concurrent access, (3)...
  3. K

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    I don't know, the data is really tiny and more importantly, it hardly changes, and then mostly after much deliberation . It's going to be very hard to capture taxonomic expertise into constraints, so what advantage would a database bring?
  4. K

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    The huge advantage of using a spreadsheet (over a database) is that you don't need database people. Do you realize what they cost?
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