Does GFBio recommend any specific Open Access Tools for Data Cleaning

Short Answer

Yes, we recommend OpenRefine, an open access tool for cleaning data on spreadsheet and exel level.

Detailed Answer

OpenRefine provides a graphical spreadsheet like user interface for data cleanup and transformation to other formats. If your data are not already curated in a [workbench or similar management system | Link auf DWB/BEXIS] that offers such features, OpenRefine can be very helpful preparing your data for publishing and improving the data quality, e.g by eliminating duplicates, correcting typos and taxon names etc. / Duplicates, typos or spelling variants can be easily detected and corrected.

https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-open-refine/


(TO DOs: Link to DWB/BExis & one sentence introducing the librarycarpentry example)