convert_to_dwca: Convert a dataset to the Darwin Core Archive format

In EDIorg/ecocomDP: Tools to Create, Use, and Convert ecocomDP Data

Convert a dataset to the Darwin Core Archive format

Description

Convert a dataset to the Darwin Core Archive format

Usage

convert_to_dwca(
  path,
  core_name,
  source_id,
  derived_id,
  url = NULL,
  user_id,
  user_domain
)

Arguments

path	(character) Path to which the DwC-A data objects and EML will be written.
core_name	(character) The central table of the DwC-A dataset being created. Can be: "event" (event core). Occurrence core is not yet supported.
source_id	(character) Identifier of an ecocomDP dataset published in a supported repository. Currently, the EDI Data Repository is supported.
derived_id	(character) Identifier of the DwC-A dataset being created.
url	(character) URL to the publicly accessible directory containing DwC-A data objects. This argument supports direct download of the data entities by a data repository and is used for automated revisioning and publication.
user_id	(character) Identifier of user account associated with the data repository in which this ecocomDP dataset will be archived. Only user_id from the EDI is currently supported.
user_domain	(character) Domain (data repository) the user_id belongs to. Currently, EDI is supported.

Details

Reads in an ecocomDP dataset from a supported repository and converts it to a DwC-A package.

Value

DwC-A tables, meta.xml, and corresponding EML metadata.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Create directory for DwC-A outputs
mypath <- paste0(tempdir(), "/data")
dir.create(mypath)

# Convert an EDI published ecocomDP dataset to a DwC-A
convert_to_dwca(
  path = mypath, 
  core_name = "event", 
  source_id = "edi.193.5", 
  derived_id = "edi.834.2", 
  user_id = "ecocomdp",
  user_domain = "EDI")

dir(mypath)

# Clean up
unlink(mypath, recursive = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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