validate_metadata: Validate Metadata

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Validate Metadata

Description

Validates experimental metadata prior to analysis.

Usage

validate_metadata(metadata)

Arguments

metadata

Metadata table.

Details

Metadata are required for linking bottles to treatments and biological replicates during data processing and model fitting.

Required columns:

• Head

• Treatment

• Rep

Validation checks may include:

• Presence of required columns

• Missing values

• Duplicate bottle identifiers

• Invalid treatment assignments

This function is typically used before process_ankom() to ensure metadata are suitable for downstream analyses.

Value

The validated metadata table.

See Also

read_metadata, validate_ankom, process_ankom, example_data

Examples

files <- example_data()

metadata <- read_metadata(
  files$metadata
)

validate_metadata(
  metadata
)

# Typical workflow
raw_data <- read_ankom(
  files$ankom
)

gp <- process_ankom(
  raw_data,
  metadata,
  headspace_ml = 210,
  temperature_c = 39
)

head(
  gp
)

rumenGP documentation built on Oct. 2, 2026, 5:09 p.m.