vegdata (version 0.6-6)

tv.metainfo: Show metainfo of vegetation database or ecodbase

Description

Showing "metainfo.txt" when specified and saved in Turboveg database directory. When db = 'eco' and refl specified, metainfo of species attribute table is displayed.

Usage

tv.metainfo(db, refl='GermanSL 1.2', tv_home, filename = 'metainfo.txt', ...)

Arguments

db

Turboveg database name

refl

Turboveg taxonomic reference list, declaration only necessary for ecodbase info

tv_home

Turboveg installation path

filename

Name of metainfo file residing in database directory

...

additional arguments

Details

Since Turboveg provides no formalised method to store information about database fields, I suggest to save a simple text file, named for example "metainfo.txt" into the directory of your Turboveg database.