Function reference • VegX

VegX documents Creates/reads/writes a VegX object or merges objects
`summary(<VegX>)`	S4 class for Veg-X documents
`newVegX()`	New VegX document
`mergeVegX()`	Merge Veg-X documents
`readVegXML()`	Reads a Veg-X XML file
`writeVegXML()`	Write VegX XML file
Main VegX elements Adds/replaces/shows element information a VegX object
`addAggregateOrganismObservations()`	Add aggregate organism observation records
`addCommunityObservations()`	Add community observation records
`addIndividualOrganismObservations()`	Add individual organism observation records
`addPlotGeometries()`	Adds/replaces plot geometry information
`addPlotLocations()`	Adds/replaces plot location information
`addPlotObservations()`	Add plot observation records
`addSiteCharacteristics()`	Adds/replaces site information
`addSiteObservations()`	Add site observation records
`addStratumObservations()`	Add stratum observation records
`addSurfaceCoverObservations()`	Add surface cover observation records
`addTaxonBySiteData()`	Add a taxon by site table
`showElementTable()`	Coerces VegX elements into a data frame
Fill resource elements Fill resource data (project, parties, unique identifiers) in a VegX object
`fillPartyInformation()`	Fills the information for a given party
`fillProjectInformation()`	Fills the information for a given research project
`fillUniqueIdentifiers()`	Generates unique identifiers
Vegetation strata Defines vegetation strata
`VegXStrataDefinition-class`	S4 class for Veg-X strata definition
`defineMixedStrata()`	Mixed stratum definiton
`defineHeightStrata()`	Stratum definition by height
`defineCategoricalStrata()`	Strata definition by simple category
Surface types Defines surface types
`VegXSurfaceTypeDefinition-class`	S4 class for Veg-X surface type definition
`defineSurfaceTypes()`	Surface type definition
Measurements Defines measurement scales and applies transformations
`VegXMethodDefinition-class`	S4 class for a Veg-X measurement method definition
`defineOrdinalScaleMethod()`	Ordinal scale method definition
`defineQualitativeScaleMethod()`	Qualitative scale method definition
`defineQuantitativeScaleMethod()`	Quantitative scale method definition
`predefinedMeasurementMethod()`	Predefined measurement methods
`transformOrdinalScale()`	Transform ordinal scale
`transformQuantitativeScale()`	Transform quantitative scale
`quantitative_methods`	List of predefined quantitative methods
Taxon nomenclature Initial or preferred taxon nomenclature
`setPreferredTaxonNomenclature()`	Sets preferred taxon nomenclature
`setOriginalIdentificationConcepts()`	Sets original identification taxon concepts
Example data Example data sets
`mokihinui` `moki_loc` `moki_site` `moki_tcv` `moki_dia` `moki_lookup` `moki_str`	Mokihinui example dataset for Veg-X
`mtfyffe` `mtfyffe_loc` `mtfyffe_site` `mtfyffe_counts` `mtfyffe_dia` `mtfyffe_disturbance` `mtfyffe_groundcover` `mtfyffe_lookup`	Mt Fyffe example dataset for Veg-X
`takitimu` `taki_loc` `taki_site` `taki_freq` `taki_disturbance` `taki_groundcover` `taki_lookup`	Takitimu example dataset for Veg-X

Reference

VegX documents

Main VegX elements

Fill resource elements

Vegetation strata

Surface types

Measurements

Taxon nomenclature

Example data