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EcologicalTraitData / traitdataform

A package to manage and compile functional trait data into predefined templates

https://ecologicaltraitdata.github.io/traitdataform/

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add traitmap structure #6

Closed fdschneider closed 7 years ago

fdschneider commented 7 years ago

add traitmap as universal source for

trait input names
input of units and other measurement info
thesaurus mapping
factor level mapping
derived columns, via mutate() (e.g. to add ratios or indices, or logical traits)

fdschneider commented 7 years ago

For this to work the structure needs be flexible enough to provide only minimal informatoin (e.g. the listing of trait columns) or maximal information (mapping of traitnames, adding units, mapping of factor levels, additional information and derived columns).

fdschneider commented 7 years ago

I updated the procedure. Now the user provides either a data table compliant with the terms for trait lists (see whitepaper) or a thesaurus object created using the functions as.thesaurus() and as.trait() (see minimal example in README).