Changelog

Fix plot_sites() to work with version 0.6.0 of the usmap package. See issue #136.

Release new plotting functions for taxonomic and geographic exploration.
Allow multiple input types to the new data parameter of “use” functions (supercedes dataset), thereby simplifying and accelerating exploratory manipulation and plotting.
Reformat dataset object returned by read_data(). Generally, this simplifies dataset indexing and usage within iteration contexts. It removes a layer of nesting and places the dataset id at the same level as metadata, tables, and validation_issues.
Release new annotation_dictionary() function. This feature will allow ecocomDP creators to view the semantic annotations for existing ecocomDP datasets. Annotation dictionary is published as an EDI data package to apply occasional updates.
Release new validate_mapped_id() function. Ensures values listed under /variable_mapping/mapped_id resolve without error
Release new Model Overview vignette. The model overview vignette consists of the authoritative set of table descriptions, relationships, and requirements for the ecocomDP model and a visualization of table contents and relationships.
Release new Shared Practices Vignette. This document delineates the practices that all creators of ecocomDP formatted datasets should adopt in order for the community to build a cohesive and interoperable collection. It contains detailed descriptions of practices, definitions of concepts, and solutions to many common issues.

Prevent L1 EML from inheriting L0 provenance and additional metadata, these should not be inherited by the L1 in create_eml()

Discourage use of the observation parameter of plotting functions and replace it with the more flexible data parameter (see above). These changes are backwards compatible with previous releases.
Discourage use of plot_taxa_sample_time() in favor of plot_sample_space_time(). These changes are backwards compatible with previous releases.
Discourage use of the previous dataset object returned by read_data() in favor of a new one. See details above. These changes are backwards compatible with previous releases.

Link to ecocomDP article.
Enable full return of L0 location columns in flatten_data().
Implement a human readable row sorting based on location_id values in create_location().
Check create_ecocomDP.R for expected function and associated arguments in create_eml().

Fix alignment of categorical variable names and definitions in create_eml().
Allow only one basisOfRecord in create_eml().
Fix numeric type detection in create_eml().
Fix taxonomic hierarchy expander in create_eml().
Fix empty annotation defaults in create_eml().
Remove all L0 data entities from the L1 EML, these should not be inherited by the L1 in create_eml().
Handle both present/absent L0 taxonomic coverage in create_eml().
Fix assignment of self referencing ids in create_location().
Only return unique locations in create_location().
Fix methods in calc_number_of_years_sampled() and calc_length_of_survey_years().
Fix handling of datetimes with YYYY format in read_data().
Include ancillary table datetime in join operations of flatten_data().
Remove XML attributes to prevent id clashing and schema invalidation when constructing provenance nodes in create_eml() and convert_to_dwca().
Fix basisOfRecord reference in convert_to_dwca().
Incorporate L0 methods markdown blocks in convert_to_dwca().
Prevent namespace clash with the taxonomyCleanr package.

ecocomDP 1.2.1