entity: Create a data entity

In rocrateR: Tools for Creating and Manipulating RO-Crates

Create a data entity

Description

Create a data entity

Usage

entity(id, type, ...)

Arguments

id	Scalar value with ⁠@id⁠ for the entity (e.g., character, numeric).
type	String with ⁠@type⁠ for the entity (e.g., Dataset, File).
...	Optional additional entity values/properties.

Value

List with an entity object.

Examples

# create entity for an organisation
organisation_uol <- rocrateR::entity(
  "https://ror.org/04xs57h96",
  type = "Organization",
  name = "University of Liverpool",
  url = "http://www.liv.ac.uk"
)

# create an entity for a person
person_rvd <- rocrateR::entity(
  "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-8661",
  type = "Person",
  name = "Roberto Villegas-Diaz",
  affiliation = list(`@id` = organisation_uol$`@id`)
)

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