datapackage (version 0.2.0)

dp_save_as_datapackage: Save a dataset as a Data Package

Description

Save a dataset as a Data Package

Usage

dp_save_as_datapackage(
  data,
  path,
  name,
  categories_type = c("regular", "resource")
)

Value

Does not return anything. Called for the side effect of creating a directory and creating a number of files in this directory. Together these form a complete Data Package.

Arguments

data

the data.frame with the data to save

path

directory in which to create the datapackage

name

name of the Data Resource. When omitted a name is generated.

categories_type

how should categories be stored. See dp_generate_fielddescriptor.

Details

This function is a wrapper function around new_datapackage, dp_generate_dataresource and dp_write_data. These functions are called with the default arguments. This allows for a quick way to save a data set with any necessary data needed to read the dataset.