add_author: Add an author to an RO-Crate

In rocrateR: Tools for Creating and Manipulating RO-Crates

Add an author to an RO-Crate

Description

This helper creates an author entity and if affiliation is provided, then creates an organisation entity for the user's affiliation.

Usage

add_author(
  rocrate,
  name,
  orcid = NULL,
  affiliation = NULL,
  ror = NULL,
  set_author = TRUE
)

Arguments

rocrate	RO-Crate object, see rocrate.
name	Author's name.
orcid	Optional, ORCID identifier, for details see https://orcid.org.
affiliation	Optional, author's organisation.
ror	Optional, ROR identifier for the affiliation, for details see https://ror.org.
set_author	Logical, used to indicate if the current user should be set as the author of the RO-Crate.

Value

Updated RO-Crate object.

rocrateR documentation built on April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m.