set_methods() will check for and add/replace methods in the metadata
set_methods(eml_object, method, 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(
String. A string of text describing the study methods.
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.
An EML-formatted object
Users may want to edit the methods if errors or non-ASCII text characters are discovered because the methods are prominently displayed on DataStore. To avoid non-standard characters, users are highly encouraged to generate methods using a text editor such as Notepad rather than a word processor such as MS Word.
At this time, set_methods() does not support complex formatting such as, bullets, tabs, or multiple spaces. All text will be included in a description element (which is itself a child element of a single methodStep element within the methods element). Additional child elments of methods or methodStep such as subStep, software, instrumentation, citation, sampling, etc are not supported at this time. All of this information may be added as text. You can add line breaks with "\n" and a new paragraph (a blank line between text) with "\n\n".
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
eml_object <- set_methods(eml_object, "Here are some methods we performed.")
} # }