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'''Introduction'''

This page will direct an xBio:D user on the procedures to follow in order to add a new valid species or another valid taxon at a different rank into the xBio:D database. Only users with taxonomic permissions and possess the taxonomic authority upon a certain group are able to manage taxonomies, so if you would like to contribute to the xBio:D taxonomic resources, please contact [mailto:hol-help@osu.edu hol-help@osu.edu] and request permission.

''NOTE'': Please understand the [[xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model]] before using any of the taxonomic features of the [http://osuc-mgr.osu.edu Database Manager].

== Check for Existing Species ==
Before adding a new valid species or taxon at any rank, it is crucial that the species is not already within the xBio:D database. All taxa are available through [http://hol.osu.edu HOL], which will also list obsolete combinations for species, common names, as well as subjective synonomies of other species, and can easily be discovered via search. A species concept can have only one valid name associated with it and is considered the ''current combination''. All other names that are also part of the concept are considered to be ''obsolete combinations''. Any new species concepts added to the xBio:D database should also include the ''original combination'' (also known as a protonym or basionym) if the combination added is not the combination that was used when the species was first described and made available (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Available_name Wikipedia] for basic definition of what an available name is). A common/vernacular name, although ''unavailable'' and unable to be considered valid according to nomenclatural codes, is also treated as an ''obsolete combination'' but is clearly marked as a common name in much the same way a misspelling of a species name is unavailable and never valid. If an obsolete combination is found for a species concept, go to [[DB Manager :: Add valid species to existing concept]] for directions on how to proceed. Only after a species concept has been confirmed to not already exist should a new species concept be added.

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 == Check for Existing Species ==
-Before adding a new valid species or taxon at any rank, it is crucial that the species concept is not already within the xBio:D database. All taxa are available through [http://hol.osu.edu HOL], which will also list obsolete combinations for species, common names, as well as subjective synonomies of other species, and can easily be discovered via search. A species concept can have only one valid name associated with it and is considered the ''current combination''. All other names that are also part of the concept are considered to be ''obsolete combinations''. Any new species concepts added to the xBio:D database should also include the ''original combination'' (also known as a protonym or basionym), the species names used when first described and made available (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Available_name Wikipedia] for basic definition of what an available name is). A common/vernacular name, although ''unavailable'' and unable to be considered valid according to nomenclatural codes, is also treated as an ''obsolete combination'' but is clearly marked as a common name in much the same way a misspelling of a species name is unavailable and never valid. If an obsolete combination is found for a species concept, go to [[DB Manager :: Add valid species to existing concept]] for directions on how to proceed. Only after a species concept has been confirmed to not already exist should a new species be added.
+Before adding a new valid species or taxon at any rank, it is crucial that the species concept is not already within the xBio:D database. All taxa are available through [http://hol.osu.edu HOL], which will also list obsolete combinations for species, common names, as well as subjective synonomies of other species, and can easily be discovered via search. A species concept can have only one valid name associated with it and is considered the ''current combination''. All other names that are also part of the concept are considered to be ''obsolete combinations''. Any new species concepts added to the xBio:D database should also include the ''original combination'' (also known as a protonym or basionym), the species names used when first described and made available (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Available_name Wikipedia] for basic definition of what an available name is). A common/vernacular name, although ''unavailable'' and unable to be considered valid according to nomenclatural codes, is also treated as an ''obsolete combination'' but is clearly marked as a common name in much the same way a misspelling of a species name is unavailable and never valid. If an obsolete combination is found for a species concept, go to [[DB Manager :: Transfer species for existing concept]] for directions on how to proceed. Only after a species concept has been confirmed to not already exist should a new species be added.
 [[File:Species_not_found.png|none|frame|Current species combination not in HOL]]
 [[File:Orig_species_not_found.png|none|frame|Original species combination not in HOL]]

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 The "Taxonomic Status" field should reflect the proper nomenclatural status of the name for the new species. In this part, only the zoological (ICZN) conventions for naming will be used, but other nomenclatural codes can also be applied here. If the species name is valid as it was originally described, then the status should be "Original name/combination" and the "Author Name..." field would merely have the author's last name. If the valid species name was subsequently moved into another genus, then the status would be "Subsequent name/combination" and the author would be the author's last name within parenthesis. However, if the valid species names included a misspelling of the original genus name or a mark of ambiguity, like a question mark (?), was used for the genus name but since has maintained within the genus, then the status would be "Subsequent name/combination", but the author would not include parenthesis since it is in the same concept with a different spelling. In cases when a new name (nomen novum) is being entered as valid in the combination that was used to replace a junior homonym, then the status should be "Replacement name" with the author's name without parenthesis. If a replacement name is subsequently moved into a different genus, then the name should be treated as any other valid, subsequent combination. The only other acceptable, albeit rare, nomenclatural status for a valid species is "Justified emendation", which is only used when an original specific epithet is invalid formed (see the [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ ICZN code] for details).
 [[File:Add_species_concept.png|none|frame|Add a new species concept in the DB Manager]]
 After a valid species is entered, continue to the [[DB Manager :: Add obsolete species name]] page to add an obsolete combination for an original spelling, junior homonym, common name, or any other invalid subsequent combination that should be discoverable for the newly entered species concept.

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	This page will direct an xBio:D user on the procedures to follow in order to add a new valid species or another valid taxon at a different rank into the xBio:D database. Only users with taxonomic permissions and possess the taxonomic authority upon a certain group are able to manage taxonomies, so if you would like to contribute to the xBio:D taxonomic resources, please contact [mailto:hol-help@osu.edu hol-help@osu.edu] and request permission.		This page will direct an xBio:D user on the procedures to follow in order to add a new valid species or another valid taxon at a different rank into the xBio:D database. Only users with taxonomic permissions and possess the taxonomic authority upon a certain group are able to manage taxonomies, so if you would like to contribute to the xBio:D taxonomic resources, please contact [mailto:hol-help@osu.edu hol-help@osu.edu] and request permission.
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	''NOTE'': Please understand the [[xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model]] before using any of the taxonomic features of the [http://osuc-mgr.osu.edu Database Manager].		''NOTE'': Please understand the [[xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model]] before using any of the taxonomic features of the [http://osuc-mgr.osu.edu Database Manager].

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	''NOTE'': Please understand the [[xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model]] before using any of the taxonomic features of the [http://osuc-mgr.osu.edu Database Manager].		''NOTE'': Please understand the [[xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model]] before using any of the taxonomic features of the [http://osuc-mgr.osu.edu Database Manager].
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	== Check for Existing Species ==		== Check for Existing Species ==