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jabotR 1.0.0

Initial Release

The first official release of the jabotR R package, designed to streamline access to plant specimen data from the from the JABOT online herbarium collections, hosted by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.

Features

jabot_summary(): Retrieve metadata and summary info from all or specific JABOT herbaria.
jabot_download(): Download original specimen data in Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format.
jabot_records(): Parse, filter, and organize REFLORA records based on taxon, herbarium, region, and year.
jabot_indets(): Retrieve indeterminate specimens (e.g., identified only to family or genus rank).
Optional filters by taxon, herbarium, state, recordYear, and level.
Supports integration with tidyverse workflows for downstream analyses.
Test coverage >95%, continuous integration via GitHub Actions.

Infrastructure

MIT license.
GitHub Actions: R-CMD-check and test coverage.
Hosted documentation: jabotR-website

Feedback

Please report bugs or issues at:
https://github.com/DBOSlab/jabotR/issues

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# jabotR 1.0.0

## Initial Release

The first official release of the `jabotR` R package, designed to streamline access to plant specimen data from the from the [JABOT online herbarium collections](https://jabot.jbrj.gov.br/v3/consulta.php), hosted by the [Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden](https://www.gov.br/jbrj/pt-br).

### Features

- `jabot_summary()`: Retrieve metadata and summary info from all or specific JABOT herbaria.
- `jabot_download()`: Download original specimen data in Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format.
- `jabot_records()`: Parse, filter, and organize REFLORA records based on taxon, herbarium, region, and year.
- `jabot_indets()`: Retrieve indeterminate specimens (e.g., identified only to family or genus rank).
- Optional filters by `taxon`, `herbarium`, `state`, `recordYear`, and `level`.
- Supports integration with tidyverse workflows for downstream analyses.
- Test coverage >95%, continuous integration via GitHub Actions.

### Infrastructure

- MIT license.
- GitHub Actions: R-CMD-check and test coverage.
- Hosted documentation: [jabotR-website](https://dboslab.github.io/jabotR-website/)

### Feedback

Please report bugs or issues at:  
<https://github.com/DBOSlab/jabotR/issues>