schema: Get the Table Schema of a Data Resource

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Get the Table Schema of a Data Resource

Description

Gets the Table Schema of a Data Resource (in a Data Package), i.e. the content of its schema property, describing the resource's fields, data types, relationships, and missing values. The resource must be a Tabular Data Resource.

Usage

schema(package, resource_name)

Arguments

package	Data Package object, as returned by read_package() or create_package().
resource_name	Name of the Data Resource.

Details

See vignette("table-schema") to learn more about Table Schema.

Value

List describing a Table Schema.

See Also

Other accessor functions: resource(), resource_names()

Examples

# Load the example Data Package
package <- example_package()

# Get the Table Schema for the resource "observations"
schema <- schema(package, "observations")
str(schema)

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