Run pointblank validation on a Reference table

Applies pointblank validation rules to check data quality and schema compliance for an eData Reference table. Checks that reference IDs match the expected format, controlled vocabulary fields are valid, required fields are non-null, publication year and access date fall within valid ranges, and conditionally mandatory fields are present based on reference type.

Usage

pb_validate_reference(data, actions = action_levels(), agent = TRUE)

Arguments

data

Data frame containing Reference table data to validate

actions

Action levels for pointblank agent (only used when agent = TRUE)

agent

Logical. If TRUE (default), returns a pointblank agent object. If FALSE, returns the validated data with validation failures removed.

Value

If agent = TRUE, a pointblank agent object containing validation results. If agent = FALSE, the input data with validation failures removed.

Details

Validation thresholds are configured using pointblank::action_levels().

See also

pb_validate_edata_table() for the underlying validation framework, pb_validate_all_edata_tables() to validate all tables at once, example_references_tibble() for an example Reference table.

Other validation: pb_validate_CREED_data_relevance(), pb_validate_CREED_data_reliability(), pb_validate_CREED_scores(), pb_validate_all_edata_tables(), pb_validate_biota(), pb_validate_campaign(), pb_validate_edata_table(), pb_validate_measurements(), pb_validate_methods(), pb_validate_parameters(), pb_validate_samples(), pb_validate_sites()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
pb_validate_reference(example_references_tibble())
} # }