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Discover and open packages

Find registered packages and select a reproducible revision.

glc_explore()
Explore Global Light Commons data packages
glc_packages()
List registered Global Light Commons data packages
glc_search_packages()
Search registered data packages
glc_open()
Open a Global Light Commons data package
glc_schema_versions()
Report supported GLC schema versions

Inspect package contents

Explore datasets, files, variables, resources, and metadata.

glc_summary()
Summarize a Global Light Commons data package
glc_resources()
Inventory data-package resources
glc_datasets()
Inventory datasets
glc_files()
Inventory declared data files
glc_variables()
Inventory and search declared variables
glc_metadata()
Load metadata resources
glc_search_metadata()
Search metadata values or field paths

Read and collect data

Import metadata-described files and combine compatible groups.

glc_collection_plan()
Plan declaration-compatible collection units
glc_read()
Read metadata-described dataset files
glc_collect()
Collect compatible file groups
extract_metadata()
Extract metadata for imported data
add_metadata()
Add metadata to imported data

Download data packages

Create portable local subsets with reproducibility manifests.

glc_download()
Download package metadata or data