{"repo":"joelnitta/taxastand","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/joelnitta/taxastand","clone":"git clone https://github.com/joelnitta/taxastand.git","description":"Standardize taxonomy across different data sources","language":"R","stars":22,"topics":["rstats","r-package","taxonomy","database","r"],"license":null,"category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"taxastand The goal of taxastand is to standardize species names from different sources, a common task in biology. Very often different biologists use different synonyms to refer to the same species. If we want to join data from different sources, their taxonomic names must be standardized first. This is what taxastand seeks to do in a reproducible and efficient manner. Taxonomic standard taxastand is based on matching names to a single taxonomic standard , that is, a database of accepted names and synonyms. As long as a single taxonomic standard is used, we can confidently resolve names from disparate sources. The taxonomic standard must conform to Darwin Core standards. The user must provide this database (as a dataframe). There are many sources of taxonomic data online, including GBIF, Catalog of Life, and ITIS to name a few. The taxadb package provides convenient functions for downloading various taxonomic databases that use Darwin Core. Installation taxastand can be installed from r-universe or github. OR Similar work - taxon-tools is a command-line interface program that was the inspiration for taxastand . taxastand originally required it as a dependency, but this was removed in v2.0. - taxize is the “granddaddy” of taxonomy packages in R. It can search around 20 different taxonomic databases for names and retrieve taxonomic information. - TNRS, the Taxonomic Name Resolution Service, is a web application that resolves taxonomic names of plants according to one of six dat","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/joelnitta","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/joelnitta/taxastand/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}