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Tracking Taxonomy Updates

Track and reconcile taxonomy updates across NCBI, GTDB, ICTV, and community eukaryote frameworks with versioned provenance.

fmschulz1 starsMar 17, 2026

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Categories: Bioinformatics

Skill Content

Use authoritative sources to report taxonomy changes with explicit versions, dates, and provenance.

Instructions

Determine scope (domain, timeframe, output type).
Pull authoritative updates and release notes.
Extract versioned changes and impacts.
If assigning taxonomy, run domain-appropriate tools and normalize IDs.
Deliver a versioned report with conflicts flagged.

Quick Reference

Task	Action
Sources	See `reference/sources.md`
Tools	See `reference/tools.md`
IDs/ranks	See `reference/ranks-and-identifiers.md`
Report template	See `reference/report-template.md`
QA checklist	See `reference/qa-checklist.md`
Environment

Related Skills

Domains: Bacteria + Archaea
Timeframe: last 12 months
Output: summary table + pipeline impact notes