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type: software
license: MIT
title: 'taxadb: A High-Performance Taxonomic Database Interface'
version: 0.3.0
doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13440
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.taxadb
abstract: Provides fast access to many commonly used taxonomic authorities in a uniform
  Darwin Core format. Tables are read directly from versioned Parquet snapshots, streamed
  from cloud storage or from a local copy, and queried with familiar 'dplyr' verbs.
authors:
- family-names: Boettiger
  given-names: Carl
  email: cboettig@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-628X
- family-names: Norman
  given-names: Kari
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2325
- family-names: Poelen
  given-names: Jorrit
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-4118
- family-names: Chamberlain
  given-names: Scott
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9135
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'taxadb: A high-performance local taxonomic database interface'
  authors:
  - family-names: Norman
    given-names: Kari E. A
  - family-names: Chamberlain
    given-names: Scott
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9135
  - family-names: Boettiger
    given-names: Carl
    email: cboettig@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-628X
  journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  year: '2020'
  volume: '11'
  issue: '9'
  doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13440
  start: '1153'
  end: '1159'
repository: https://ropensci.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/ropensci/taxadb
commit: e933f9567417c014dab0a6166d2f4f76f8f30409
url: https://github.com/ropensci/taxadb
date-released: '2026-08-30'
contact:
- family-names: Boettiger
  given-names: Carl
  email: cboettig@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-628X