Zebulun Arendsee

Suppose we have a `sampleBy` function that selects items from a list of pairs based on the second element value and then returns the selected first values. It takes a...

Allow the use of a custom datafiles in db_load_* functions

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## Description This commit adds a "path" keyword argument to the `db_download_*` files that allows the user to bypass the taxonomy database download step and use a custom local file....

`name2taxid` includes some questionable material

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This happens: ```R > name2taxid("s2") "164330" > name2taxid("s2") %>% taxid2name "Thauera aminoaromatica" ``` S2 is a strain name for this bacteria. See [here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=164330). The problem is that I allow matches...

Relationship with `taxlist`

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Just curious, what is the relationship between `taxa` and `kamapu/taxlist`? The focus of the two packages seems somewhat different. Perhaps we could say `taxa` is focused on *beta taxonomy* and...