Each DataObject in the DataPackage is inspected to see if it matches one of the formats supported by DataONE for metadata. If a package member's format matches one of the supported formats, the identifier for that member is returned.
getMetadataMember(x, dp, ...)# S4 method for D1Client,DataPackage
getMetadataMember(x, dp, as = "character", ...)
A D1Client object
A DataPackage object
(Additional arguments, Not yet used.)
A value of type "character" that specifies the return value. Possible values are "character" (the default) or "DataPackage".
The identifier of the metadata object
This method calls the DataONE CN 'format' service to obtain the current format list.