Introducing bdclean: a user friendly biodiversity data cleaning pipeline

A new R package for biodiversity data cleaning, 'bdclean', was initiated in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017 and is available on github. Several R packages have great data validation and cleaning functions, but 'bdclean' provides features to manage a complete pipeline for biodiversity data cleaning; from data quality explorations, to cleaning procedures and reporting. Users are able go through the quality control process in a very structured, intuitive, and effective way. A modular approach to data cleaning functionality should make this package extensible for many biodiversity data cleaning needs. Under GSoC 2018, 'bdclean' will go through a comprehensive upgrade. New features will be highlighted in the demonstration