tv.metadata {vegdata}

Show metainfo of vegetation database or ecodbase

Description

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

Usage

tv.metadata(db, refl, tv_home, filename = 'metadata.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

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

Author(s)

Florian Jansen [e-mail]