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BOLDconnectR (version 1.0.0)

bold.fields.info: Retrieve metadata of the BOLD data fields

Description

Provides information on the field (column) names and their respective data type, all of which are compliant with the Barcode Core Data Model (BCDM), the latest data model of the BOLD database.

Usage

bold.fields.info(print.output = FALSE)

Value

A data frame containing information on all fields (columns).

Arguments

print.output

Whether the output should be printed in the console. Default is FALSE.

Details

The function downloads the latest field (column) meta data (file type and brief description) which is currently available for download from BOLD.print,output = TRUE will print the information in the console.

Examples

Run this code

bold.field.data<-bold.fields.info()
head(bold.field.data,10)

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