[traits.build adding studies functions] Improvements for adding new studies: Possible functions / code

[ehwenk]

• Function to add "filtering columns" for duplicates. Function should ask for dataset_id, list of traits to filter, and (maybe) list of studies to filter. Output would be added columns in data.csv file specifying the dataset & observation_id from the dataset that is the suspected duplicates. A second output would be R code that can be copied and pasted into custom R code. The step of looking at the duplicates table and identifying traits/datasets to filter should remain manual.

Various bits of code to convert between tables and yml format:

• Code/function to read a .csv file into the substitutions section of metadata file
• Code/function to read a .csv file into the taxonomic updates section of metadata file
• Code to generate a table that compiles all the "additional_traits" listed. As in, under questions: the subheading additional_traits: provides a list of trait data in a study that isn't yet merged into AusTraits (i.e. traits not yet supported by AusTraits). I've been wondering how to create a table, where one column is the dataset_id and a second column is the information listed under additional_traits:.