[R] Documenting variables, dataframes and files?

[Laurent Gatto]

Have a look at the AnnotatedDataFrame class in the Biobase package
[1]. Here is the description from the manual:

An ‘AnnotatedDataFrame’ consists of two parts. There is a collection
of samples and the values of variables measured on those samples.
There is also a description of each variable measured. The components
of an ‘AnnotatedDataFrame’ can be accessed with ‘pData’ and
‘varMetadata’.

Hope this helps,

Laurent


[1] http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/Biobase.html


On 22 June 2011 15:57, Robert Lundqvist <Robert.Lundqvist at nll.se> wrote:
> Every now and then I realize that my attempts to document what all dataframes consist of are unsufficient. So far, I have been writing notes in an external file. Are there any better ways to do this within R? One possibility could be to set up the data as packages, but I would like to have a solution on a lower level, closer to data. I can't find any pointers in the standard manuals. Suggestions are most welcome.
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