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license: GPL-3.0-or-later
title: 'RDelta: Parse and Query DELTA-Format Taxonomic Descriptions'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: 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'.
authors:
- family-names: Cavalcanti
  given-names: Mauro
  email: maurobio@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'DeltaR: Parse and Query DELTA-Format Taxonomic Descriptions'
  authors:
  - family-names: Cavalcanti
    given-names: Mauro
    email: maurobio@gmail.com
  - family-names: Santos Silva
    given-names: Edinaldo Nelson
    name-particle: dos
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.1.0
  url: https://github.com/maurobio/rdelta
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/maurobio/rdelta
commit: e7fdaf3b20f924d88cf97ec02c8b912356e29ce2
url: https://github.com/maurobio/rdelta
date-released: '2026-10-18'
contact:
- family-names: Cavalcanti
  given-names: Mauro
  email: maurobio@gmail.com