getLayer: Gets a layer definition.

In nzilbb.labbcat: Accessing Data Stored in 'LaBB-CAT' Instances

Gets a layer definition.

Description

Gets a layer definition.

Usage

getLayer(labbcat.url, id)

Arguments

labbcat.url	URL to the LaBB-CAT instance
id	ID of the layer to get the definition for

Value

The definition of the given layer, with members:

• id The layer's unique ID

• parentId The layer's parent layer ID

• description The description of the layer

• alignment The layer's alignment - 0 for none, 1 for point alignment, 2 for interval alignment

• peers Whether children have peers or not

• peersOverlap Whether child peers can overlap or not

• parentIncludes Whether the parent t-includes the child

• saturated Whether children must temporally fill the entire parent duration (true) or not (false)

• parentIncludes Whether the parent t-includes the child

• type The type for labels on this layer

• validLabels List of valid label values for this layer

See Also

getLayerIds getLayers

Examples

## Not run: 
## Get the definition of the orthography layer
orthography.layer <- getLayer("https://labbcat.canterbury.ac.nz/demo/", "orthography")

## End(Not run)

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