description: Get/set the Description of the object.
Description
Get/set the optional Description property as an attribute to an R object.
Usage
description(x)
description(x, overwrite = FALSE) <- value
Value
The Description attribute as a character of length 1 is added to x.
Arguments
x
A dataset object created with dataset::dataset.
overwrite
If the Description attribute should be overwritten. In case it is set to FALSE,
it gives a message with the current Description property instead of overwriting it.
Defaults to FALSE, when it gives a warning at an accidental overwrite attempt.
value
The Description as a character set.
Details
The Description is recommended for discovery in DataCite. All additional information that does not
fit in any of the other categories. May be used for technical information. A free text.
Similar to
dct:description.