Merck / Merck/boxly

Preserve the origin story of package data

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Description

Would be useful to clearly document how the datasets under data/ were generated (with code).

For example, metalite and metalite.ae both have scripts under data-raw/, suggested by the R Packages book.

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Research direction

Review the datasets under data/ and the corresponding generation scripts under data-raw/, starting with metalite and metalite.ae. Follow the R Packages book's data/data-raw guidance and document how the datasets were generated, including links to the code. Done when the dataset origin stories and generation process are clearly recorded.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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