Smart backup, dissect and match names, and more

Among other new features, taxlist includes now a function called dissect_names. To test it, use:

library(taxlist)
data(Easplist)
dissect_name(accepted_name(Easplist)$TaxonName[1:10])

New function tax2traits

Taxonomic hierarchy and parent-child relationships are included in the slots taxonNames and taxonRelations within taxlist objects. Though this way is saving storage allocation and keeping consistency in taxonomic lists, it is difficult to do statistical evaluations without passing this information to slot taxonTraits.

A brief example:

library(taxlist)
data(Easplist)

## Family Acanthaceae with children
Easplist <- subset(Easplist, TaxonName == "Acanthaceae", slot="names",
	keep_children=TRUE)
summary(Easplist)

## Insert taxonomy to taxon traits
Easplist <- tax2traits(Easplist, get_names=TRUE)
head(taxon_traits(Easplist))

New function: merge_taxa

This corresponds to the version 0.1.2 uploaded at CRAN (https://cran.r-project.org/package=taxlist).
This function includes a new function merge_taxa and was prepared as a requirement for the first launch of package vegtable in CRAN.

Another important feature in this version is the summary of taxa by matching names:

library(taxlist)
data(Easplist)
summary(Easplist, "Cyperus papyrus")

Vignette added to package

This corresponds to a second release for the CRAN repository (https://cran.r-project.org/package=taxlist).

The most important addition to taxlist is a vignette, which can be called by following command:

vignette("taxlist-intro")

enjoy it!

Hierarchy and parent-child relationships implemented

This is the attempt of provide functions dealing with hierarchical position of taxonomic concepts and their parent-child relationships.
While the taxlist objects provide a structure consistent with taxonomic rules, it preserves some degree of flexibility in order to allow coupling of taxonomic lists with biodiversity records (e.g. vegetation surveys).

Object for taxonomic lists

0.0.0.9011

New version of taxlist for publication