Parsing is the automatic separation of taxa data into its constituents parts, which is then stored separately in the database. Editing your taxa records may therefore involve checking and editing the parsing behaviour. The results of parsing your data will be displayed in the Details Sheet.
The Taxonomic Editor will display the parsing status of a record when it is open in the Taxon Name panel. If the taxon record you would like to check is not open, you can navigate and activate the record as described in The Taxon Name Panel.
The parsing status is shown in the form of warning icons to the left of the taxon name and lines beneath the taxon name in the Taxon Name panel. Hovering over a warning icon with the mouse arrow will reveal a more detailed messages (the messages shown below are examples). The colours of the icons are also indications of the type of warning. There are three possible parsing states: