)F FUNCTION -                                                           00000010
  THE TAXARET COMMAND INVOKES AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM WHICH              00000020
  CAN INTERROGATE EPA'S OFFICIAL TAXONOMIC DATABASE, AND DISPLAY        00000030
  THE CONTENTS OF ANY ENTRY WITHIN THAT FILE.                           00000040
                                                                        00000050
  ENTRIES CAN BE SEARCHED BY SCIENTIFIC NAME, COMMON NAME, OR
  OFFICIAL TAXONOMIC CODE (NUMERIC).
)X SYNTAX -                                                             00000060
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            TAXARET     (THERE ARE NO OPERANDS)                         00000080

  NOTES -

    TAXARET PROMPTS FOR A REQUEST.

    TAXONOMIC CODES ARE NUMERIC.

    SCIENTIFIC NAMES ARE ALPHABETIC TEXT (FREQUENTLY LATIN).

    COMMON NAMES MUST BE ENTERED ENCLOSED IN APOSTROPHES, SO AS TO
    DISTINGUISH THEM FROM SCIENTIFIC NAMES.

    AFTER EACH 'NOT FOUND' RESPONSE, THE SYSTEM WILL DISPLAY THE
    CORRECT SEARCH KEYS FOR ONE OR MORE TAXA ('NEAR MATCHES') WHOSE
    NAMES ARE SIMILAR TO THE REQUESTED NAME.

    NEAR MATCHES WHICH SHOW ONLY A SPECIES CODE, AS IN

            NEAR MATCH : GAIRDNERI (SPECIES)

    CAN BE EXPANDED BY REQUESTING THE SPECIES WITH A QUESTION MARK
    FOR A GENUS, AS IN

         REQUEST > ? GAIRDNERI
        RESPONSE > NEAR MATCH: SALMO GAIRDNERI (SPECIES)

    AFTER SUCCESSFUL ENTRY TO THE DATABASE (A 'MATCH') THE USER
    MAY BROWSE THE FILE IN TAXONOMIC ORDER BY HITTING "ENTER"
    (OR CARRIAGE RETURN).

    REFER TO THE 'BATCH' COMMAND (TAXAFILE OPERAND) FOR INFORMATION
    ON READING THE TAXONOMIC DATABASE VIA BATCH QUERY.
)O OPERANDS - NONE                                                      00000090
