set_responsibleParty: set_responsibleParty
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set_responsibleParty

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set_responsibleParty

Description

set_responsibleParty

Usage

set_responsibleParty(
  givenName = NULL,
  surName = NULL,
  organizationName = NULL,
  positionName = NULL,
  address = NULL,
  phone = NULL,
  electronicMailAddress = NULL,
  onlineUrl = NULL,
  userId = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  email = NULL
)

Arguments

`givenName`	individual's given names (list or vector for multiple names). OR a person object.
`surName`	individual name
`organizationName`	if party is an organization instead of an individual, name for the org
`positionName`	individual's position, i.e. "Researcher", "Graduate Student", "Professor"
`address`	address object, see 'eml$address' to build an address object
`phone`	individual or organization phone number
`electronicMailAddress`	email address (alternatively, can use 'email' argument)
`onlineUrl`	a URL to the homepage of the individual or organization
`userId`	the user's ID, usually within a particular system (KNB, DataONE)
`id`	Identifier for this block, ideally an ORCID id (optional)
`email`	alias for electronicMailAddress

Value

A emld object for any responsibleParty (e.g. creator, contact, etc)

Examples

# Pass in either a person object or separate values to create an individual
carl <- set_responsibleParty(as.person("Carl Boettiger <cboettig@ropensci.org>"))
matt <- set_responsibleParty("Matthew", "Jones", email = "mbjones@nceas.ucsb.edu")

# To create an organization, use the named `organization` argument to
# specify the organization name
my_org <- set_responsibleParty(
  organization = "My Organization",
  email = "contact@example.org"
)

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