| BIOM Constants {BIOM.utils} | R Documentation |
These constants enumerate components of BIOM format and their valid values (controlled vocabularies).
biom_format biom_format_url biom_fields biom_table_types biom_matrix_element_types biom_matrix_types
BIOM (Biological Observation Matrix) is a simple prescription for storing an annotated table of data. It may be described as a format, standard, or data structure.
The JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) standard for expressing general data objects as text is employed to define BIOM. Therefore the native form of BIOM data is structured text, conforming to the JSON specification in general and the BIOM specification in particular. Familiarity with BIOM is assumed here.
The S3 class biom and its methods facilitate analyses
by expressing BIOM data as objects in the R environment.
biom_format gives the latest BIOM version implemented by this package.
biom_format_url gives its associated URL.
biom_fields lists the components specified by BIOM.
Each other constant enumerates the allowed values of its corresponding BIOM component.
biom_format_url [biom_format] biom_fields biom_table_types biom_matrix_element_types biom_matrix_types