SoilTaxonomy 0.2.2 (2022-10-17)

• The order of dataset ST is now based on the full subgroup level code (https://github.com/ncss-tech/SoilTaxonomy/issues/35). Partial codes corresponding to each level of the hierarchy are also included in columns: order_code, suborder_code, greatgroup_code and subgroup_code.
• New function SoilTaxonomyLevels(): used for creating ordinal and nominal factors corresponding to taxonomic levels "order", "suborder", "greatgroup", and "subgroup" (https://github.com/ncss-tech/SoilTaxonomy/issues/39).
• New function SoilMoistureRegimeLevels() and SoilTemperatureRegimeLevels(): used for creating ordinal and nominal factors corresponding to Soil Moisture and Temperature Regimes (https://github.com/ncss-tech/SoilTaxonomy/issues/34).
• FormativeElements() can now take multiple level values, returning the formative elements found at each level combined in a single data.frame.
• New function get_ST_formative_elements() a helper function for getting a data.frame containing descriptors of formative elements used at the specified level(s)
• New function extractSMR(): utilizes order to subgroup formative elements to identify Soil Moisture Regimes from taxon names

SoilTaxonomy 0.2.1 (2022-07-21)

• New function newick_string(): used for creating parenthetical “Newick” (or “New Hampshire”) format tree string inputs to functions such as ape::read.tree()

SoilTaxonomy 0.2.0 (2022-07-12)

• New vignette related to soil diagnostic features and characteristics get_ST_features()
• New function get_ST_family_classes() (the ST_family_classes analogue of ST_features/get_ST_features())
• ST_family_classes gains information on the "aniso" particle-size class modifier
• parse_family() now returns additional columns reflecting NASIS physical column names corresponding to components of the family-level taxonomy
  • This routine uses the NASIS metadata that ares cached in the {soilDB} package, which has been added to Suggests
  • parse_family() gains flat argument (default TRUE) to toggle returning list columns for “child” table taxonomic family data such as mineralogy class and “other” taxonomic family class.

SoilTaxonomy 0.1.5 (2022-02-15)

• taxon_code_to_taxon and taxon_to_level now support family-level taxa with only one class e.g. “Thermic Typic Quartzipsamments”
• included data ST_unique_list is now sorted according to the order of appearance in the Keys to Soil Taxonomy (12th edition)

SoilTaxonomy 0.1.4 (2021-08-05)

• Update ST_formative_elements / explainST() with subgroup-level descriptions for missing taxa

SoilTaxonomy 0.1.3 (2021-05-02)

• Add code_to_level to abstract core from taxon_to_level for higher taxa with letter codes
• Add getChildTaxa counterpart to getParentTaxa; getParentTaxa can now be filtered with level argument
• Fixes for stringsAsFactors defaulting to TRUE on R <4.0

SoilTaxonomy 0.1.2 (2021-04-29)

• Extend explainST to work on Order, Suborder and Great Group taxonomic names
• Add methods level_to_taxon and taxon_to_level to determine where taxa occur in the hierarchy
• New data sets: ST_features, ST_family_classes for diagnostic horizons/features/properties and family-level class names and related content
  • Derived from 12th Edition Keys to Soil Taxonomy definitions and criteria until official release of 13th Edition
  • Data sourced from https://github.com/ncss-tech/SoilKnowledgeBase/ create_KST module JSON output
• Add parse_family method for separating family-level classes from higher taxonomic names
• Add get_ST_features wrapper method for filtering ST_features data set
• Add getLastChildTaxon method to determine last in Keys at specified level (Order, Suborder, or Great Group)

SoilTaxonomy 0.1.1 (2021-03-15)

• Re-factored taxon_code_to_taxon & taxon_to_taxon_code to use LEFT JOIN
• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package

SoilTaxonomy 0.1 (2021-02-23)

• Initial CRAN release