make_info {tagtools}

Make an info structure with tag metadata

Description

This function allows the user to generate a "skeleton" info structure for a tag deployment, with some common pieces of metadata filled in. Additional information can then be added manually or using a custom script before saving this info as part of a netCDF file.

Usage

make_info(depid, tagtype, species, owner)

Arguments

depid

Deployment id string for this tag record

tagtype

String identifying the tag type, for example 'dtag', 'cats', 'mk10', ...

species

(optional) 2-letter string with the first letters of the species binomial

owner

(optional) String with initials of the tag data owner

Value

A list containing metadata for a tag deployment. It's recommended to name this output "info" and save it as part of a netCDF tag data archive file (along with the tag sensor data).

Examples

info <- make_info("d4_template", "dtag4", "zc", "sdr")