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RDelta: Parse and Query DELTA-Format Taxonomic Descriptions

Provides an R interface to the 'tDelta' C++ library for parsing DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) format files <https://freedelta.sourceforge.net>. Supports loading character lists, item descriptions, and specifications, with efficient searching and matching of items based on character values. It also supports the generation of identification keys, diagnoses, natural-language descriptions, and clustering and ordination analyses by means of the DELTA programs 'CONFOR', 'KEY', and 'DIST'.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5.0)
Imports: Rcpp (≥ 1.0.0), graphics, methods, stats, utils
LinkingTo: Rcpp
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-10-28
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.RDelta
Author: Mauro Cavalcanti [aut, cre] (Original tDelta C++ library by Denis Ziegler), Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos Silva [ctb]
Maintainer: Mauro Cavalcanti <maurobio at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/maurobio/rdelta/issues
License: GPL (≥ 3)
URL: https://github.com/maurobio/rdelta
NeedsCompilation: yes
SystemRequirements: C++17
Citation: RDelta citation info
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: RDelta results

Documentation:

Reference manual: RDelta.html , RDelta.pdf
Vignettes: Introduction to RDelta (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: RDelta_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: RDelta_0.1.0.zip, r-release: RDelta_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: RDelta_0.1.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): RDelta_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): RDelta_0.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): RDelta_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): RDelta_0.1.0.tgz

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