addUnits: Extend controlled vocabulary for units.

In RObsDat: Data Management for Hydrology and Beyond Using the Observations Data Model

Description

Add a term to the controlled vocabulary for units. The better way is to have CUAHSI add the term to the official vocabulary through their webpage: http://his.cuahsi.org/mastercvreg/

Usage

addUnits(Name, Type, Abbreviation)

Arguments

Name	Name of the unit. e.g. square meter
Type	Type of the unit. e.g. area
Abbreviation	SI abbreviation e.g. m^2

Value

Nothing returned

Author(s)

Dominik Reusser

See Also

updateCV to retrieve the vocabularies from the CUAHSI web service and update the database. getMetadata allows to query for meta data.

Examples

getDefaultDB()
#add data
addUnits(Name="decisiemens per meter", Type="Electrical Conductivity", Abbreviation="dS/m")
getMetadata("Units", Name="per meter")

RObsDat documentation built on May 29, 2017, 12:07 p.m.