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# `ExtractTaxonomy` Function — Semantic Description
The `ExtractTaxonomy` method is a core utility in the `obiiter` package, designed to aggregate taxonomic information across biological sequences processed by an iterator.
- **Input**:
- A pointer to `IBioSequence`, representing a sequence iterator over biological data.
- A boolean flag `seqAsTaxa`: if true, each full sequence is treated as a single taxonomic unit; otherwise, individual elements within slices are processed separately.
- **Process**:
- Iterates through all sequences via `iterator.Next()` and retrieves each current slice using `Get().Slice()`.
- For every slice, it calls the underlying `.ExtractTaxonomy()` method (from `obitax`), progressively building or updating a shared `*obitax.Taxonomy` object.
- Stops and returns immediately upon encountering the first error during taxonomy extraction.
- **Output**:
- Returns a fully populated `*obitax.Taxonomy` object (or partial result if early failure occurs).
- Returns `nil` error on success; otherwise, returns the first encountered error.
- **Semantic Role**:
Enables scalable taxonomic profiling of high-throughput sequencing data by delegating per-slice extraction logic to the `obitax` module, while ensuring robust iteration and error handling.
- **Dependencies**:
Relies on `obitax.Taxonomy` for structured taxonomic representation and assumes slices implement the `.ExtractTaxonomy()` interface.
This function exemplifies a *map-reduce*-style pattern: mapping taxonomy extraction over slices, and reducing results into a unified taxonomic summary.