How about putting the uncertain/inferred data between brackets, as is done with subsequently inferred authorship and publication dates in nomenclature? Andrew Brower, Ph.D. Assistant Director, National Identification Services (NIS) USDA APHIS PPQ Plant Health Programs 4700 River Rd., Unit 52 Riverdale, MD 20737 Office phone: (301) 851-2243 Mobile phone: (240) 315-4408 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The preceding email message contains information that may be confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged, and may constitute non-public information. This message is intended to be conveyed only to the intended named recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient of this message, do not read it; instead, please advise the sender by reply email, and delete this message and any attachments. Unauthorized individuals or entities are not permitted access to this information. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information, except its delivery to the sender, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. From: Entomological Collections Network Listserve [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicole Gunter Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 1:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: specimen labels for restored data Hi everyone, We recently made a breakthrough that allows us to restore specimen data that has historically been disassociated. The specimens in case only have a single label with a catalogue number that was used in the 1920s. These numbers can mostly be traced back to accession books with details including date of accession, description, number of objects and its acquisition (donation or fieldwork of the curator), range of specimen numbers, and occasional additional remarks such as the month of field work. Having confirmed the collector and a range of specimen numbers from a particular month and year, we have been able to cross reference digitized specimens to confirm the information from the accession book, and that these specimen numbers were systematically applied by collection event ordered by date. We believe that we are now able to restore the data for some of our specimens if they fall within a range of known catalogue numbers from a specific collection event. We could just add the information to a comments section in our database but I think there is utility in restoring the data directly to the specimen. My question is does your collection restore specimen data with physical labels? If so how do you label these specimens? I feel I need to be explicit that the label is not a reprint/ replacement but instead that the data has been inferred from verifiable sources (our accession books that link it to a collector and a broad provenance, and then other specimens from the series that assist in narrowing it down to 1 or 2 events). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, Nicole Nicole L. Gunter PhD Associate Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 216.231.4600 x. 3282 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.