Package: dwctaxon 2.0.4

Joel H. Nitta

dwctaxon: Edit and Validate Darwin Core Taxon Data

Edit and validate taxonomic data in compliance with Darwin Core standards (Darwin Core 'Taxon' class <https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#taxon>).

Authors:Joel H. Nitta [aut, cre, cph], Wataru Iwasaki [ctb], Collin Schwantes [rev], Stephen Formel [rev]

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dwctaxon/json (API)

# Install 'dwctaxon' in R:

install.packages('dwctaxon', repos = c('https://ropensci.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Reviews:rOpenSci Software Review #574

Bug tracker:https://github.com/ropensci/dwctaxon/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://docs.ropensci.org

Datasets:

dct_filmies - Taxonomic data of filmy ferns
dct_terms - Darwin Core Taxon terms

On CRAN:

6.07 score 9 stars 33 scripts 185 downloads 10 exports 21 dependencies

Last updated from:dbd42450af (on main). Checks:10 OK. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Time	Files	Syslog
linux-devel-x86_64	OK	142
pkgdown docs	OK	182
source / vignettes	OK	201
linux-release-x86_64	OK	154
macos-release-arm64	OK	114
macos-oldrel-arm64	OK	112
windows-devel	OK	125
windows-release	OK	78
windows-oldrel	OK	95
wasm-release	OK	127

Exports:dct_add_row dct_check_mapping dct_check_sci_name dct_check_tax_status dct_check_taxon_id dct_drop_row dct_fill_col dct_modify_row dct_options dct_validate

Dependencies:assertthat cli digest dplyr generics glue lifecycle magrittr pillar pkgconfig purrr R6 rlang settings stringi stringr tibble tidyselect utf8 vctrs withr

Real World Example

Import data | Validation | Investigate errors | Duplicate names | Invalid column names | Fixing the data | Summary

Rendered fromreal-data.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2025-12-10
Started: 2023-05-03

Editing DwC taxon data

The data | Adding rows | Adding rows by vector | Adding rows by dataframe | Deleting rows | Modifying rows | Identifying rows to modify | Automatic re-mapping of synonyms | Filling columns

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Last update: 2023-05-29
Started: 2022-11-16

Validating DwC taxon data

Setup | The data | Error on failure | Summary on failure | Checks | Controlled vocabularies | Changing the defaults

Rendered fromvalidation.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2023-05-29
Started: 2022-11-16

DwC is a standard for biodiversity data | Features of the DwC taxon format | Vertically oriented | Machine and human friendly | Extensible

Rendered fromwhat-is-dwc.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2023-05-29
Started: 2022-11-16

Citation

Development and contributors

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help page	Topics
Add row(s) to a taxonomic database	dct_add_row
Check mapping of usage taxonomic IDs	dct_check_mapping
Check scientificName	dct_check_sci_name
Check that taxonomicStatus is within valid values in Darwin Core taxonomic data	dct_check_tax_status
Check taxonID	dct_check_taxon_id
Drop row(s) of a taxonomic database	dct_drop_row
Fill a column of a taxonomic database	dct_fill_col
Taxonomic data of filmy ferns	dct_filmies
Modify row(s) of a taxonomic database	dct_modify_row
Get and set function arguments via options	dct_options
Darwin Core Taxon terms	dct_terms
Validate a taxonomic database	dct_validate

Usage by other packages (reverse dependencies)