arete: Automated REtrieval from TExt

A Python based pipeline for extraction of species occurrence data through the usage of large language models. Includes validation tools designed to handle model hallucinations for a scientific, rigorous use of LLM. Currently supports usage of GPT with more planned, including local and non-proprietary models. For more details on the methodology used please consult the references listed under each function, such as Kent, A. et al. (1995) <doi:10.1002/asi.5090060209>, van Rijsbergen, C.J. (1979, ISBN:978-0408709293, Levenshtein, V.I. (1966) <https://nymity.ch/sybilhunting/pdf/Levenshtein1966a.pdf> and Klaus Krippendorff (2011) <https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/2089>.

Version: 0.1
Depends: R (≥ 4.3.0)
Imports: terra, cld2, stringr, reticulate, pdftools, fedmatch, kableExtra, dplyr, gecko, methods, ggplot2, jsonlite, googledrive, irr, rmarkdown
Suggests: knitr
Published: 2025-10-20
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.arete (may not be active yet)
Author: Vasco V. Branco ORCID iD [cre, aut], Vaughn Shirey ORCID iD [ctb], Thomas Merrien ORCID iD [ctb], Pedro Cardoso ORCID iD [aut]
Maintainer: Vasco V. Branco <vasco.branco at helsinki.fi>
License: GPL-3
NeedsCompilation: no
CRAN checks: arete results

Documentation:

Reference manual: arete.html , arete.pdf
Vignettes: Package workflow (source, R code)

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Package source: arete_0.1.tar.gz
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