Create Coverage Element

Creates the coverage information of a dataset based off of EML standards.

create_coverage(
  geographic_description,
  west_bounding_coordinate,
  east_bounding_coordinate,
  north_bounding_coordinate,
  south_bounding_coordinate,
  begin_date,
  end_date,
  taxonomic_coverage = NULL
)

Arguments

geographic_description

A description of the locations of research sites and areas related to the data.

west_bounding_coordinate

The west cardinality limit.

east_bounding_coordinate

The east cardinality limit.

north_bounding_coordinate

The north cardinality limit.

south_bounding_coordinate

The south cardinality limit.

begin_date

The starting date for the dataset or project. Dates must be provided in ISO 8601 format, YYYY-MM-DD.

end_date

The projected or actual end date for the dataset or project. Dates must be provided in ISO 8601 format, YYYY-MM-DD.

taxonomic_coverage

Addition of taxonomic coverage is optional. The taxonomic information for all organisms relevant to the study should be included and mandates the input of the taxonomy levels of kingdom-species. An example of how to append this information using the create_taxonomic_coverage function is given down below.

Value

A coverage element that can be appended to a dataset.

Examples

if (FALSE) create_coverage(geographic_description = "North Slope
                         drainage basin: Bounding box encompasses 42 drainage basins
                         totaling the North Slope drainage basin, Alaska, USA.",
                         west_bounding_coordinate = "-160.594000",
                         east_bounding_coordinate = "-134.104800",
                         north_bounding_coordinate = "71.238300",
                         south_bounding_coordinate = "67.865000", 
                         begin_date = "1980-01-01",
                         end_date = "2010-12-31")
             
taxonomic_coverage <- create_taxonomic_coverage(CVPIA_common_species = "chinook")
if (FALSE) create_coverage(geographic_description = "Description",
                         west_bounding_coordinate = "-160.594000", 
                         east_bounding_coordinate = "-134.104800",
                         north_bounding_coordinate = "71.238300", 
                         south_bounding_coordinate = "67.865000",
                         begin_date = "1980-01-01", 
                         end_date = "2010-12-31", 
                         taxonomic_coverage = taxonomic_coverage)
             
# For adding multiple taxonomies to the coverage: 
chinook <- create_taxonomic_coverage(CVPIA_common_species = "chinook")
delta <- create_taxonomic_coverage(CVPIA_common_species = "delta_smelt")
taxonomic_coverage <- list(chinook, delta)
if (FALSE) create_coverage(geographic_description = "Description",
                         west_bounding_coordinate = "-160.594000", 
                         east_bounding_coordinate = "-134.104800",
                         north_bounding_coordinate = "71.238300", 
                         south_bounding_coordinate = "67.865000",
                         begin_date = "1980-01-01", 
                         end_date = "2010-12-31", 
                         taxonomic_coverage = taxonomic_coverage)