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gbif/name-parser-rust

Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

14 good first / help-wanted issues · Rust · last activity Oct 9, 2026

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Code inference: how much inference can and should we do? 8 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Parse zoological section names - Balanus (sect. Ortho-balanus) Hoek, 1913 8 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Handle all IPNI names, often infragenerics 9 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Unparsable authorship ex Takht. 9 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Improve author parsing 9 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Add new tests for sp. names 9 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Format zoological species aggregates according to ICZN 9 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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A trailing number on an OTU or subgroup label is dropped: `Spirochaeta 2` → `Spirochaeta`, `Barea Subgroup 4` → `Barea` + author `Subgroup` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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A `?` or U+FFFD inside an author name is deleted: `(S?rensen, 1873)` → `Srensen`, `H�bner` → `Hbner` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Organism labels of four lowercase words are cut to a trinomial: `Adelie penguin guano bacterium 92` → `Adelie penguin bacterium` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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GTDB placeholder genera with an alphabetic suffix are split: `Bacillus_BF` → informal `Bacillus` + phrase `BF` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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The genus and `sp.` prefix of a BOLD BIN name are lost and the type becomes OTHER: `Decapoda sp. BOLD:AAF5952` → `BOLD:AAF5952` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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Capitalised species epithets in early zoological names: `Ovis Aries Linnæus, 1758` → informal `Ovis sp.` with the epithet as unparsed or author 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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A two-word epithet with a particle is dropped silently: `Amphoropsis van heurckii` → uninomial `Amphoropsis` 14 days ago
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gbif/name-parser-rust
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Rust core for the GBIF scientific name parser — linear-time & ReDoS-free, byte-for-byte parity with org.gbif:name-parser, with a native CLI and an in-process Java (Panama/FFM) binding. WIP.

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