MIxS.metadata-class: an S4 class to document data formated in the MIxS standard

In biodiversity-aq/OmicsMetaData: OmicsMetaData: an R-package for interoperable and re-usable biodiversity 'omics (meta)data

Description

an S4 class to document data formated in the MIxS standard

Slots

data

a data.frame with the meta- and/or environmental data, formatted with samples/events as rows, and variables/MIxS terms as columns.

section

a character, a vector with the same length and order as number of columns of the dataframe in the data slot, containing a MIxS section/cathegory for each term

units

a character. a vector with the same length and order as number of columns of the dataframe in the data slot, containing a unit for each variable (use "alphanumeric" if there is no unit)

type

a character. Either "versatile", meaning the object is a loose following of the MIxS standard, or "strict.MIxS", meaning the object strictly follows all the MIxS rules.

env_package

a character. The MIxS environmental package that is appropriate for this dataset. Can also be not_specified or multiple_packages.

QC

boolean to indicate that the data been Quality controlled (TRUE) or not (FALSE)

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