Retrieves metadata attributes from a tibble returned by soc_read() or using the dataset url, including
dataset-level information and column-level descriptions.
Arguments
- dataset
A tibble returned by
soc_read()or a url.
Value
An object of class soc_meta, which includes:
- id
Asset identifier (four-by-four ID).
- name
Asset name.
- attribution
Attribution or publisher of the asset.
- owner_name
Display name of the asset owner.
- provenance
Provenance of asset (official or community).
- description
Textual description of the asset.
- created
Date asset was created.
- data_last_updated
Date asset data was last updated
- metadata_last_updated
Date asset metadata was last updated
- domain_category
Category label assigned by the domain.
- domain_tags
Tags applied by the domain.
- domain_metadata
Metadata associated with the asset assigned by the domain.
- columns
A dataframe with the following columns:
- column_name
Names of asset columns.
- column_label
Labels of asset columns.
- column_datatype
Datatypes of asset columns.
- column_description
Description of asset columns.
- permalink
Permanent URL where the asset can be accessed.
- link
Direct asset link.
- license
License associated with the asset.
Details
This function pulls out descriptive metadata such as the dataset's ID, title, attribution, category, creation and update timestamps, description, any domain-specific fields, and field descriptions defined by the data provider.
Examples
# \donttest{
url <- "https://soda.demo.socrata.com/dataset/USGS-Earthquakes-2012-11-08/3wfw-mdbc/"
data <- soc_read(url, soc_query(limit = 1000L))
metadata <- soc_metadata(data)
print(metadata)
#> ID: 3wfw-mdbc
#> Name: USGS Earthquakes 2012-11-08
#> Attribution:
#> Owner: Chris Metcalf
#> Provenance: official
#> Description:
#> Created: 2012-11-08 19:44:56
#> Data last updated: 2013-06-06 19:16:18
#> Metadata last Updated: 2013-06-06 18:51:32
#> Domain Category:
#> Domain Tags:
#> Domain fields:
#> Columns:
#> # A tibble: 10 × 3
#> column_name column_label column_datatype
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 source Source text
#> 2 earthquake_id Earthquake ID text
#> 3 version Version text
#> 4 datetime Datetime calendar_date
#> 5 magnitude Magnitude number
#> 6 depth Depth number
#> 7 number_of_stations Number of Stations number
#> 8 region Region text
#> 9 location Location location
#> 10 :@computed_region_k83t_ady5 Zip Codes number
#> Permalink: https://soda.demo.socrata.com/d/3wfw-mdbc
#> Link:
#> https://soda.demo.socrata.com/dataset/USGS-Earthquakes-2012-11-08/3wfw-mdbc
#> License:
metadata <- soc_metadata(url)
print(metadata)
#> ID: 3wfw-mdbc
#> Name: USGS Earthquakes 2012-11-08
#> Attribution:
#> Owner: Chris Metcalf
#> Provenance: official
#> Description:
#> Created: 2012-11-08 19:44:56
#> Data last updated: 2013-06-06 19:16:18
#> Metadata last Updated: 2013-06-06 18:51:32
#> Domain Category:
#> Domain Tags:
#> Domain fields:
#> Columns:
#> # A tibble: 10 × 3
#> column_name column_label column_datatype
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 source Source text
#> 2 earthquake_id Earthquake ID text
#> 3 version Version text
#> 4 datetime Datetime calendar_date
#> 5 magnitude Magnitude number
#> 6 depth Depth number
#> 7 number_of_stations Number of Stations number
#> 8 region Region text
#> 9 location Location location
#> 10 :@computed_region_k83t_ady5 Zip Codes number
#> Permalink: https://soda.demo.socrata.com/d/3wfw-mdbc
#> Link:
#> https://soda.demo.socrata.com/dataset/USGS-Earthquakes-2012-11-08/3wfw-mdbc
#> License:
# }