Interface to the Search API for 'PLoS' Journals

A programmatic interface to the 'SOLR' based search API (< http://api.plos.org/>) provided by the Public Library of Science journals to search their articles. Functions are included for searching for articles, retrieving articles, making plots, doing 'faceted' searches, 'highlight' searches, and viewing results of 'highlighted' searches in a browser.

'IUCN' Red List Client

'IUCN' Red List (< https://api.iucnredlist.org/>) client. The 'IUCN' Red List is a global list of threatened and endangered species. Functions cover all of the Red List 'API' routes. An 'API' key is required.

Tools for Validating 'GeoJSON'

Tools for linting 'GeoJSON'. Includes tools for interacting with the online tool < http://geojsonlint.com>, the 'Javascript' library 'geojsonhint' (< https://www.npmjs.com/package/geojsonhint>), and validating against a 'GeoJSON' schema via the 'Javascript' library (< https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-my-json-valid>). Some tools work locally while others require an internet connection.

Make Fake Data

Make fake data that looks realistic, supporting addresses, person names, dates, times, colors, coordinates, currencies, digital object identifiers ('DOIs'), jobs, phone numbers, 'DNA' sequences, doubles and integers from distributions and within a range.

Access for Dryad Web Services

Interface to the Dryad "Solr" API, their "OAI-PMH" service, and fetch datasets. Dryad (< https://datadryad.org/>) is a curated host of data underlying scientific publications.

RDF Library Bindings in R

Provides methods to parse, query and serialize information stored in the Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF is described at < https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/>. This package supports RDF by implementing an R interface to the Redland RDF C library, described at < https://librdf.org/docs/api/index.html>. In brief, RDF provides a structured graph consisting of Statements composed of Subject, Predicate, and Object Nodes.

Convert Among Citation Formats

Converts among many citation formats, including 'BibTeX', 'Citeproc', 'Codemeta', 'RDF XML', 'RIS', 'Schema.org', and 'Citation File Format'. A low level 'R6' class is provided, as well as stand-alone functions for each citation format for both read and write.

Get 'SNP' ('Single-Nucleotide' 'Polymorphism') Data on the Web

A programmatic interface to various 'SNP' 'datasets' on the web: 'OpenSNP' (< https://opensnp.org>), and 'NBCIs' 'dbSNP' database (< https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/>). Functions are included for searching for 'NCBI'. For 'OpenSNP', functions are included for getting 'SNPs', and data for 'genotypes', 'phenotypes', annotations, and bulk downloads of data by user.

Generate Citation File Format ('cff') Metadata for R Packages

The Citation File Format version 1.2.0 is a human and machine readable file format which provides citation metadata for software. This package provides core utilities to generate and validate this metadata.

R Client for the eBird Database of Bird Observations

A programmatic client for the eBird database (< https://ebird.org/home>), including functions for searching for bird observations by geographic location (latitude, longitude), eBird hotspots, location identifiers, by notable sightings, by region, and by taxonomic name.