td_write_metadata: Write the metadata published with a snapshot

In taxadb: A High-Performance Taxonomic Database Interface

Write the metadata published with a snapshot

Description

Writes manifest.csv and README.md into the snapshot directory, ready to be uploaded alongside the Parquet files.

Usage

td_write_metadata(
  version = format(Sys.Date(), "%Y"),
  dir = build_dir(),
  repo = taxadb_repo(),
  archival = FALSE,
  db = td_connect()
)

Arguments

version	the snapshot version to describe
dir	the build output directory, see build_dir()
repo	the data repository the snapshot will be published to
archival	is this a republication of a historical release rather than a fresh build? Archival snapshots are byte-identical to what that version originally contained, so they predate the current schema rules and the README says so.
db	a duckdb connection

Details

The README states what the tables are, what the schema means, where each provider's data came from and under what licence, so that someone who finds the data without the package can still use it.

Value

the paths written, invisibly

Examples

## Not run: 
td_write_metadata("2026")

## End(Not run)

taxadb documentation built on Aug. 31, 2026, 5:07 p.m.