get_schema: Get the Table Schema of a Data Resource

In frictionlessdata/frictionless-r: Read and Write Frictionless Data Packages

Get the Table Schema of a Data Resource

Description

Returns the Table Schema of a Data Resource (in a Data Package), i.e. the content of its schema property, describing the resource's fields, data types, relationships, and missing values. The resource must be a Tabular Data Resource.

Usage

get_schema(package, resource_name)

Arguments

package	Data Package object, as returned by read_package() or create_package().
resource_name	Name of the Data Resource.

Details

See vignette("table-schema") to learn more about Table Schema.

Value

List describing a Table Schema.

Examples

# Load the example Data Package
package <- example_package()

# Get the Table Schema for the resource "observations"
schema <- get_schema(package, "observations")
str(schema)

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