RCommands Summary

Rinit

Starts an RCommand session by setting up session files

Rpasswd

Changes the password for access to the metadata database

Rcreate

Creates study, dataset and data object levels, associating the lower levels with the level immediate above, adding a name to each level, adding a metadata description and topic association in the case of creating a study, and associating a URI in the caseof creating a data object.

Rannotate

Adds metadata. In the case of studies or datasets, this enables a metadata description, and in the case of datasets and data objects it also enables metadata name/value pairs. It also enables more topics to be associated with a study.

Rls

Lists entities within the metadata database. With no parameters, it lists all studies, andwith parameters it will list the entries within a study or dataset level. It can also be used to list all possible collaborators or science topics.

Rget

Gives the metadata associated with a given study, dataset or data object. In the case of a study, it can also list associated collaborators and science topics.

Rrm

Removes entities or parameters from the metadata database.

Rchmod

Add or remove co-investigators from a study.

Rsearch

Search the metadata database, tuned to search within different levels and against descriptions, name/value pairs and parameters.

Usage: Rsearch -v
Rsearch -u <url>
Rsearch -t <topicID>
Rsearch -s studyID | -d datasetID -p <name> < <value>
Rsearch -s studyID | -d datasetID -p <name> = <value>
Rsearch -s studyID | -d datasetID -p <name> > <value>
Rsearch [-s studyID | -d datasetID] -k <keyword>

Rexit

Ends an RCommand session, cleaning up session files.