set_language allows the user to specify the language that the metadata (and data) were constructed in. This field is intended to hold the human language, i.e. English, Spanish, Cherokee.
set_language(eml_object, lang, force = FALSE, NPS = TRUE)is an EML-formatted R object, either generated in R or imported (typically from an EML-formatted .xml file) using EML::read_eml(
is a string consisting of the language the data and metadata were constructed in, for example, "English", "Spanish", "Navajo". Capitalization does not matter, but spelling does! The input provided here will be converted to 3-digit ISO 639-2 codes.
logical. Defaults to false. If set to FALSE, a more interactive version of the function requesting user input and feedback. Setting force = TRUE facilitates scripting.
Logical. Defaults to TRUE. Most NPS users should leave this as the default. Only under specific circumstances should it be set to FALSE: if you are not publishing with NPS, if you need to set the publisher location to some place other than the Fort Collins Office (e.g. you are NOT working on a data package) or your product is "for" the NPS but not "by" the NPS and you need to specify a different agency, set NPS = FALSE. When NPS=TRUE, the function will over-write existing publisher info and inject NPS as the publisher along the the Central Office in Fort Collins as the location. Additionally, it sets the "for or by NPS" field to TRUE and specifies the originating agency as NPS.
eml_object
The English words for the language the data and metadata were constructed in (e.g. "English") is automatically converted to the the 3-letter codes for languages listed in ISO 639-2 (available at https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php) and inserted into the metadata.
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
set_language(eml_object, "english")
set_language(eml_object, "Spanish")
set_language(eml_object, "nAvAjO")
} # }