One only needs to either merge primes to lump or make synonyms prime to split. After this, all it takes is to link the collection to the taxon and the taxonomy to the prime taxon. This tool is also very effective in bringing old records with old taxonomy into currently recognizable nomenclature as well. There is no need to update taxonomy at data entry. The computer is much better at this sort of thing than people are.
Users can change the rules by merely changing the personal prime dataset.
These tools certainly will take the work out of jobs like converting a list in Fernald taxonomy to Cronquist taxonomy. This feature is planned to the future but is waiting for funding. Instead of manually entering accession number and acronym in the database it scanned in from a bar code label on the specimen. Everything is straight Access code. Anyone who knows Access can work on Index Kentuckiensis.