create_package: Create a Data Package

In frictionless: Read and Write Frictionless Data Packages

Create a Data Package

Description

Initiates a Data Package object, either from scratch or from an existing list. This Data Package object is a list with the following characteristics:

• A datapackage subclass.

• All properties of the original descriptor.

• A resources property, set to an empty list if undefined.

• A directory property, set to "." for the current directory if undefined. It is used as the base path to access resources with read_resource().

Usage

create_package(descriptor = NULL)

Arguments

descriptor

List to be made into a Data Package object. If undefined, an empty Data Package will be created from scratch.

Details

See vignette("data-package") to learn how this function implements the Data Package standard. check_package() is automatically called on the created package to make sure it is valid.

Value

A Data Package object.

See Also

Other create functions: create_schema()

Examples

# Create a Data Package
package <- create_package()

package

# See the structure of the (empty) Data Package
str(package)

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