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-# soilDB 2.6.14 (2022-02-11)
+# soilDB 2.6.14 (2022-03-15)
  * `waterYearDay()` bug fix for more specific (sub-daily) date-time formats
  * `fetchSCAN()` better handling of empty results in multi-site queries
  * Updates to queries, metadata and sample datasets for NASIS 7.4.1 Database Model 
    - `fetchNASIS("pedons")` no longer includes `pmweathering`
    - `fetchNASIS("components")` no longer includes `ecositeorigin`
    - New Component Ecological Site attributes added
- 
+ * `stringsAsFactors` argument to soilDB functions has been deprecated in favor of a package option
+   - Default behavior for NASIS domains is to return character labels rather than coded factors
+   - Use `NASISDomainsAsFactor(TRUE)` to toggle package option `soilDB.NASIS.DomainsAsFactor`
+   
 # soilDB 2.6.13 (2022-01-29)
  * `fetchSDA_spatial` now supports `by.col` `"areaname"`, `"mlraoffice"`, and `"mouagencyresp"`; thanks to suggestion by Jay Skovlin
  * `fetchNASIS` fix for multiple site observation records with surface fragments; thanks to bug report from Brianna Wegner