read.XML: Read From TurboVeg XML Files
In vegsoup: Classes and Methods for Phytosociology
Description
Usage
Arguments
Details
Value
Author(s)
References
See Also
Examples
Description
The base S3 function read.XML(file) reads data from XML files exported
from the turboveg data base (Hennekens & Joop 2009).
Usage
1
Arguments
file
character. Path to a plain text file (text array).
Details
The way turboveg exports to XML is very similar to the data model of a
Vegsoup object. The function tries to format the date field that is in the
standard_record tag to POSIX standard.
Value
Vegsoup object
Author(s)
Roland Kaiser
References
Hennekens, S M and Joop, H J. 2009. Turboveg, a comprehensive data base
management system for vegetation data. Journal of Vegetation Science,
12:589–591.
See Also
read.verbatim, plainsoup and instantsoup
Examples
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file <- system.file("extdata", "turboveg.xml", package = "vegsoup")
x <- read.XML(file)
# assign coordiantes
sites(x)
coordinates(x) <- ~ e_coord + n_coord
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples
Description
The base S3 function read.XML(file) reads data from XML files exported
from the turboveg data base (Hennekens & Joop 2009).
Usage
1 |
Arguments
file |
character. Path to a plain text file (text array). |
Details
The way turboveg exports to XML is very similar to the data model of a Vegsoup object. The function tries to format the date field that is in the standard_record tag to POSIX standard.
Value
Vegsoup object
Author(s)
Roland Kaiser
References
Hennekens, S M and Joop, H J. 2009. Turboveg, a comprehensive data base management system for vegetation data. Journal of Vegetation Science, 12:589–591.
See Also
read.verbatim, plainsoup and instantsoup
Examples
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | file <- system.file("extdata", "turboveg.xml", package = "vegsoup")
x <- read.XML(file)
# assign coordiantes
sites(x)
coordinates(x) <- ~ e_coord + n_coord
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