S4 class for a Veg-X measurement method definition

Slots

name: Name of the measurement method.
description: Description of the measurement method.
citationString: A string with the bibliographic reference for the method.
DOI: A string with the DOI of a resource describing the method.
subject: Kind of attribute measured (e.g. 'plant cover').
attributeType: Either "quantitative", "ordinal" or "qualitative".
attributes: List of attribute values

References

Wiser SK, Spencer N, De Caceres M, Kleikamp M, Boyle B & Peet RK (2011). Veg-X - an exchange standard for plot-based vegetation data

Examples

showClass("VegXMethodDefinition")
#> Class "VegXMethodDefinition" [package "VegX"]
#> 
#> Slots:
#>                                                                   
#> Name:            name    description citationString            DOI
#> Class:      character      character      character      character
#>                                                    
#> Name:         subject  attributeType     attributes
#> Class:      character      character           list