Get/set the Geolocation of the object.

Get/set the optional Geolocation property as an attribute to an R object.

Usage

geolocation(x)

geolocation(x, overwrite = TRUE) <- value

Arguments

x

An R object, such as a data.frame, a tibble, or a data.table.

overwrite

If the attributes should be overwritten. In case it is set to FALSE, it gives a message with the current Geolocation property instead of overwriting it. Defaults to TRUE when the attribute is set to value regardless of previous setting.

value

The Geolocation as a character string.

Value

The Geolocation attribute as a character of length 1 is added to x.

Details

The Geolocation is recommended for discovery in DataCite. Spatial region or named place where the data was gathered or about which the data is focused.

See also

Other Reference metadata functions: creator(), dataset_source(), description(), identifier(), language, publication_year(), publisher(), rights(), size(), version()

Examples

iris_dataset <- iris
geolocation(iris_dataset) <- "US"
geolocation(iris_dataset)
#> [1] "US"

geolocation(iris_dataset, overwrite = FALSE) <- "GB"
#> The dataset has already an Geolocation: US