Append-or-update metadata/measurement_face.csv by key — register_measurement

face_kind in structure | composition | scale | organism | standsin | none (D2-D3). A standsin row's face_of names the key whose face it borrows and stands_in_note is the chip's short text; a row that is not standsin never carries face_of (no borrowed ids on a key that has its own concept, D3).

Usage

register_measurement_face(new_rows, path, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

new_rows: data.frame with key and any other column of .measurement_face_cols()
path: path to metadata/measurement_face.csv
quiet: suppress the added/updated message

Value

the full updated registry

Details

short_label is the key's authored short title, the name a page head shows beside its face (issue #30 D13); the full label from variable.csv keeps the method notes. It may be empty (none authored yet). When set it is non-blank, at most 48 characters, does not end in punctuation and is not used by another key (ignoring case), counting the keys already in the file. A row breaking any of these is refused.