Changes in version 0.2.2                        

  - clean_names now also removes the "spp." epithet

                 Changes in version 0.2.1 (2023-03-08)                  

  - substantial speed improvements to all filter_* and get_* functions
  - streamline legacy code in filter_* and get_* functions to better
    leverage duckdb speed increase
  - get_names and get_ids now use the same argument name, provider, to
    specify the naming provider, rather than db (which was used in
    taxize::get_ids)

                 Changes in version 0.2.0 (2023-02-14)                  

  - taxadb is now backed by partitioned parquet files, cached locally by
    contentid
  - taxadb is now fully-duckdb based. This deprecates the previous
    'pluggable' backend with options to use RSQLite or no database
    backend. Parquet-backed option means that even initial import is
    much faster, leaving no need to use any of the inferior backend
    options.
  - mutate_db is deprecated, dplyr::mutate() will work as anticipated.
  - metadata/prov archive is now based on schema.org rather than DCAT2
  - includes 22.12 release for name providers col, itis, ncbi, ott, and
    gbif. Other database name providers are currently deprecated (though
    at least iucn should be restored soon).

                 Changes in version 0.1.6 (2022-09-14)                  

  - bugfix for recent duckdb release. (imported table names are now
    prefixed with "v" to avoid names that start with numbers)

                 Changes in version 0.1.5 (2022-05-03)                  

  - bugfix for upcoming dbplyr release

                 Changes in version 0.1.4 (2022-03-05)                  

  - bugfix in get_ids() when multiple English common names are accepted
    for the species.
  - export taxadb_dir(), making it easier to purge the DB after duckdb
    upgrades
  - All imports must be used
  - Improve testing in db=NULL case.
  - Require R.utils, to ensure compressed files can be expanded

                 Changes in version 0.1.3 (2021-04-27)                  

  - more robust testing

                 Changes in version 0.1.2 (2021-03-15)                  

  - avoid erroneous messages when installing providers that lack common
    names.

                 Changes in version 0.1.1 (2021-02-25)                  

  - introduce tl_import to import taxonomic databases [#79]
  - make duckdb the default backend
  - bugfix to possible ordering problem in get_names [#78]
  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.