Add GBIF-style license block to an EML file — add_gbif_license

This helper modifies an existing EML file by inserting a GBIF/IPT-compatible <intellectualRights> element. Any existing <intellectualRights> node is removed and replaced with a paragraph containing a <ulink> pointing to the chosen license URL. The new block is inserted before <coverage> (or <contact> if <coverage> is missing) to satisfy the GBIF EML profile element order.

Usage

add_gbif_license_block(
  eml_path,
  url = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode",
  title = "Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License"
)

Arguments

eml_path: Character string giving the path to an EML file on disk. The file is modified in place.
url: Character string with the license URL. Defaults to the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence URL.
title: Character string with the human-readable licence title used inside <citetitle>.

Value

Invisibly returns eml_path.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
eml_path <- "mc_eml.xml"
add_gbif_license_block(eml_path)
} # }