SpecimenData: SpecimenData

In Ulises-Rosas/boldminer: Wrapper for BOLD API and DNA barcode auditing

Description

This function let us mine associated metadata from any specimen according to query arguments. It takes very specific queries and use them as headers for BOLD API host for downloading metadata. More than one query can be specified by using "|".

Usage

SpecimenData(taxon, ids, bin, container, institutions, researchers, geo,
  ...)

Arguments

taxon	Species or taxa to look for
ids	IDs from specimen records. e.g. ANGBF12704-15
bin	barcode-based cluster ID. e.g. BOLD:AAA4689
container	container name. e.g. FIPP
institutions	institution names. e.g. Smithsonian Institution
researchers	names of identifiers or specimen collectors
geo	name of geographical area to look for.
...	others query name or column name that can be present in metadata

Value

metadata information

Examples

specimendata <- boldminer::SpecimenData(taxon = "Elasmobranchii", geo = "Peru")
head(specimendata)

Ulises-Rosas/boldminer documentation built on Dec. 18, 2019, 2:53 a.m.