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review request for EML · Issue #80 · ropensci/software-review · GitHub

• What does this package do? (explain in 50 words or less):

Parse and serialize Ecological Metadata Language ('EML') files into S4 objects.

• Paste the full DESCRIPTION file inside a code block below:

Package: EML
Type: Package
Title: Read and Write Ecological Metadata Language Files
Version: 1.0.0.0
Authors@R: c(
    person("Carl", "Boettiger", role = c("aut", "cre"),
           email = "cboettig@gmail.com"),
    person("Matt", "Jones", role="aut"),
    person("Bryce", "Mecum", role = "ctb", email = "brycemecum@gmail.com"),
    person("Maëlle", "Salmon", role = "ctb", email = "maelle.salmon@yahoo.se")
    )
URL: https://github.com/ropensci/EML
BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/EML/issues
Maintainer: Carl Boettiger <cboettig@gmail.com>
Description: Parse and serialize Ecological Metadata Language ('EML') files into
    S4 objects.
License: FreeBSD
LazyData: TRUE
RoxygenNote: 5.0.1
Imports:
    XML,
    methods,
    tools
Suggests:
    testthat,
    knitr,
    rmarkdown
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Encoding: UTF-8
Collate:
    'classes.R'
    'classes-stmml.R'
    'coercions.R'
    'eml_find.R'
    'get_unitList.R'
    'get_attributes.R'
    'eml_get.R'
    'eml_validate.R'
    'get_TextType.R'
    'get_coverage.R'
    'is_standardUnit.R'
    'literature_coercions.R'
    'methods.R'
    'read_eml.R'
    'set_TextType.R'
    'set_attributes.R'
    'set_coverage.R'
    'set_methods.R'
    'set_physical.R'
    'set_unitList.R'
    'write_eml.R'
    'xml-s4.R'
    'zzz.R'

• URL for the package (the development repository, not a stylized html page):

https://github.com/ropensci/EML

• Who is the target audience?

Researchers publishing data who want to use a formal, machine-readable metadata standard to describe their data files, and/or researchers consuming data published with EML metadata (e.g. NEON or LTER data.)

• Are there other R packages that accomplish the same thing? If so, what is different about yours?

Not that I'm aware of.

Confirm each of the following by checking the box. This package:

• does not violate the Terms of Service of any service it interacts with.
• has a CRAN and OSI accepted license.
• contains a README with instructions for installing the development version.
• includes documentation with examples for all functions.
• contains a vignette with examples of its essential functions and uses.
• has a test suite.
• has continuous integration with Travis CI and/or another service.

• Do you intend for this package to go on CRAN?
• Do you wish to automatically submit to the Journal of Open Source Software? If so:
  • The package contains a paper.md with a high-level description in the package root or in inst/.
  • The package is deposited in a long-term repository with the DOI:
  • (Do not submit your package separately to JOSS)

• Does R CMD check (or devtools::check()) succeed? Paste and describe any errors or warnings:
• Does the package conform to rOpenSci packaging guidelines? Please describe any exceptions:
• If this is a resubmission following rejection, please explain the change in circumstances:
• If possible, please provide recommendations of reviewers - those with experience with similar packages and/or likely users of your package - and their GitHub user names:
• Leah Wasser
• Peter Slaughter
• Bryce Mecum (also a minor contributor to the package)
• Corinna Gries
• Chris Jones

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