Nov 21, 2017
Software 📦
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Releases
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v0.3.0
) ofrdryad
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the rdryad README to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.2.0
) ofgeojson
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the geojson vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.5.0
) ofgeojsonio
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the geojsonio vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.4.2
) ofiheatmapr
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the iheatmapr help pages to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.5.2
) ofrobotstxt
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the robotstxt vignette to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.9.9
) ofrgbif
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the rgbif vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.1.1
) ofgoogleLanguageR
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the googleLanguageR vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.2.0
) ofgetCRUCLdata
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the getCRUCLdata vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v2.0.8
) ofRNeXML
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the RNeXML vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v1.1
) ofunrtf
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the unrtf README to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v1.3
) ofxslt
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the xslt README to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.4.0
) ofwicket
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the wicket vignette to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v2.4.7
) ofFedData
is on CRAN. See the NEWS for details. Check out the FedData README to get started. Repository on GitHub - A new version (
v0.2.4
) ofropenaq
is on CRAN. See the release notes for details. Check out the ropenaq vignettes to get started. Repository on GitHub
Software Review ✔
We accept community contributed packages via our onboarding system - an open software review system, sorta like scholarly paper review, but way better. We’ll highlight newly onboarded packages here. A huge thanks to our reviewers, who do a lot of work reviewing (see the blog post on our review system), and the authors of the packages!
If you want to be a reviewer fill out this short form, and we’ll ping you when there’s a submission that fits in your area of expertise.
The following packages were recently submitted for review:
- drake > Data Frames in R for Make
- Author: Will Landau
- Issue: ropensci/onboarding#156
- Reviewers:
- Rpolyhedra > Polyhedra Database
- Author: Alejandro Baranek
- Issue: ropensci/onboarding#157
- Reviewers: not assigned yet
On the blog
.rprofile series
Our second post is out in our .rprofile
series: .rprofile: Mara Averick by Kelly O’Briant. Mara on Twitter -> https://twitter.com/dataandme
Keep an eye out for more posts in this series.
main blog
We’ve had two blog posts on our main blog in the past two weeks.
One of the posts is from our community manager Stefanie Butland. In the post Six tips for running a successful unconference Stefanie writes about six tips for running a succesful unconference.
The other post is a follow up on the recent rOpenSci unconference ozunconf in Melbourne, Australia. In the piece Jonathan Carroll summarized one of the projects at the unconf: 2017 rOpenSci ozunconf :: Reflections and the realtime Package
technotes
We’ve had one post on our technotes blog in the past two weeks:
Scott Chamberlain discusses v1
of the solrium package: solrium 1.0: Working with Solr from R
Use cases
The following seven works use/cite rOpenSci or rOpenSci software:
- Landis & Schraiber cited and used rfishbase in their paper Pulsed evolution shaped modern vertebrate body sizes 1
- Weingart & Eichmann-Kalwara cited gender in their paper What’s Under the Big Tent?: A Study of ADHO Conference Abstracts 2
- Chalmandrier et al. used rgbif and taxize in their paper Species pool distributions along functional trade-offs shape plant productivity–diversity relationships 3
- Maisak used lingtypology in their paper Repetitive prefix in Agul: Morphological copy from a closely related language 4
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Footnotes
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Landis, M. J., & Schraiber, J. G. (2017). Pulsed evolution shaped modern vertebrate body sizes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201710920. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710920114Â ↩
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Weingart, S. B., & Eichmann-Kalwara, N. (2017). What’s Under the Big Tent?: A Study of ADHO Conference Abstracts. Digital Studies/Le Champ Numérique, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.16995/dscn.284 ↩
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Chalmandrier, L., Albouy, C., & Pellissier, L. (2017). Species pool distributions along functional trade-offs shape plant productivity–diversity relationships. Scientific Reports, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15334-4 ↩
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Maisak, T. (2017). Repetitive prefix in Agul: Morphological copy from a closely related language. International Journal of Bilingualism, 136700691774006. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006917740060Â ↩