Changes in version 2.0.0 (2026-03-27)                  

  - New function synonyms_for_accepted_names() to list synonyms for
    currently accepted taxon names.
  - load_taxonomic_resources() now caches results in memory for the
    duration of the R session, so repeated calls with the same version
    return immediately without re-downloading or re-processing data.
  - New function clear_cached_resources() to remove the session cache
    and force a reload.
  - load_taxonomic_resources() now works offline when parquet files have
    been previously downloaded; default_version() falls back to the most
    recently cached local version when no internet connection is
    available.
  - Internal taxonomic resource tables renamed to snake_case; family
    column added to resource tables.
  - Functions create_species_state_origin_matrix() and
    state_diversity_counts() now includes the parameter
    include_infrataxa, allowing users to select whether just
    species-rank taxa or species and infra-specific taxa are output in
    the table. When create_species_state_origin_matrix() is called by
    native_anywhere_in_australia(), include_infrataxa = TRUE is set as
    the default, so infrataxa can also be checked by this function.

                        Changes in version 1.1.6                        

  - Fix issue #262: filter to accepted species only in genus-family
    lookup
  - Skip problematic tests on CRAN
  - Update maintainer to Elizabeth Wenk, reflecting her leading role in
    writing the core of the package algorithms and maintaining it going
    forward.

                 Changes in version 1.1.3 (2025-02-11)                  

  - Failing gracefully for the edge case when the internet is up
    generally but github is down for a few seconds

                 Changes in version 1.1.2 (2025-01-28)                  

  - Added get_versions()

  - Create a genus->family lookup from the specified APC release

                 Changes in version 1.0.2 (2024-08-17)                  

Minor update to fix issues

  - Deal with the vignette issues that emerged on CRAN
  - Improve "graceful failing", based on issues that have come up on
    github CI
  - minor formatting

                 Changes in version 1.0.1 (2024-05-30)                  

First major release of APCalign. A preprint is available at
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.02.578715v1. Article has
been accepted for publication at Australian journal of Botany.

Following review, a number of changes have been implemented. These have
sped & streamlined the package.

  - Update function documentation
  - Speed up extract_genus
  - Write a replacement function for stringr::word that is much faster.
  - Additional speed up and accuracy of fuzzy_match function by
      - Restricting reference list to names with the same first letter
        as input string.
      - Switch from using utils::adist to stringdist::stringdist(method
        = "dl")
  - Rework standardise_names to remove punctuation from the start of the
    string
  - Rework strip_names_extra (previously strip_names_2) to just perform
    additional functions to strip_names, rather than repeating those
    performed by strip_names.
  - Avoid importing entire packages by using package::function format
    throughout and removing functions from @import
  - Add fuzzy match arguments to create_taxonomic_update_lookup
  - Add 3 additional family-level APC matches to match_taxa.
  - Refine tests
  - Make messages to console optional
  - Fix issue with fails when github is down
    (https://github.com/traitecoevo/APCalign/issues/205)
  - Update installation instructions
  - Added how to cite and version APCalign as an article
  - Exported default_version
  - Add citing method for R package
  - Update GitHub Actions
  - Improved family alignments
  - Added standardise_taxon_rank
  - Improved messaging during alignment