Metadata describing all fields in the AviList datasets, including field descriptions, data types, sources, and availability in different dataset versions.
Format
A tibble with metadata for all AviList fields:
- field_name
Name of the field in the dataset
- description
Human-readable description of the field content
- data_type
Data type (character, numeric, etc.)
- source
Original source of the data (AviList, Clements, etc.)
- in_full_version
Logical, whether field is in the full dataset
- in_short_version
Logical, whether field is in the short dataset
Examples
# View all field descriptions
data(avilist_metadata)
# Fields in short version only
avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$in_short_version, ]
#> # A tibble: 14 × 6
#> field_name in_full_version in_short_version description data_type source
#> <chr> <lgl> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Authority TRUE TRUE Author and… character AviLi…
#> 2 AvibaseID TRUE TRUE Avibase da… character Aviba…
#> 3 Bibliographic_… TRUE TRUE Bibliograp… character AviLi…
#> 4 Decision_summa… TRUE TRUE Data field… character AviLi…
#> 5 English_name_A… TRUE TRUE English co… character AviLi…
#> 6 Extinct_or_pos… TRUE TRUE Data field… character AviLi…
#> 7 Family TRUE TRUE Taxonomic … character AviLi…
#> 8 Family_English… TRUE TRUE English na… character AviLi…
#> 9 IUCN_Red_List_… TRUE TRUE Data field… character AviLi…
#> 10 Order TRUE TRUE Taxonomic … character AviLi…
#> 11 Range TRUE TRUE Data field… character AviLi…
#> 12 Scientific_name TRUE TRUE Scientific… character AviLi…
#> 13 Sequence TRUE TRUE Sequential… numeric AviLi…
#> 14 Taxon_rank TRUE TRUE Taxonomic … character AviLi…
# Fields from specific sources
avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$source == "Clements", ]
#> # A tibble: 1 × 6
#> field_name in_full_version in_short_version description data_type source
#> <chr> <lgl> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 English_name_Cl… TRUE FALSE English co… character Cleme…