avilist_metadata: AviList Field Metadata

In avilistr: Access and Work with the 'AviList' Global Avian Checklist

AviList Field Metadata

Description

Metadata describing all fields in the AviList datasets, including field descriptions, data types, sources, and availability in different dataset versions.

Usage

avilist_metadata

Format

A tibble with metadata for all AviList fields:

field_name

Name of the field in the dataset

description

Human-readable description of the field content

data_type

Data type (character, numeric, etc.)

source

Original source of the data (AviList, Clements, etc.)

in_full_version

Logical, whether field is in the full dataset

in_short_version

Logical, whether field is in the short dataset

Source

Generated from AviList field analysis

Examples

# View all field descriptions
data(avilist_metadata)

# Fields in short version only
avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$in_short_version, ]

# Fields from specific sources
avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$source == "Clements", ]

avilistr documentation built on June 17, 2025, 5:08 p.m.