SoilTaxonomy 0.1.2

Updates since last CRAN release

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