Merge Key Resources Tables — krt

Combines resources from two or more tables, matching by normalized identity signature. Matching resources are merged field by field; the strategy resolves field-level conflicts. Conflicts are attached to the result as the "merge_conflicts" attribute.

Usage

krt_merge(
  x,
  y,
  ...,
  strategy = c("union", "prefer_x", "prefer_y", "manual"),
  by = resource_signature
)

Arguments

x, y, ...: Tables to merge (x supplies the result's metadata).
strategy: "union"/"prefer_x" (x wins conflicts), "prefer_y" (later table wins), or "manual" (x wins but every conflict is recorded).
by: A function computing a resource's match key (default resource_signature()).

Value

The merged krt_tbl.

Examples

a <- add_resource(new_krt("A"), "Antibody", "Anti-TH", vendor = "Millipore",
                  catalog_number = "AB152", new_or_reuse = "reuse")
b <- add_resource(new_krt("B"), "Dataset", "D", doi = "10.5281/zenodo.1",
                  new_or_reuse = "new")
krt_merge(a, b)
#> <krt_tbl> A
#>   profile: generic | schema: 1.0.0 | resources: 2
#>     Antibody                                   1 (new 0, reuse 1)
#>     Dataset                                    1 (new 1, reuse 0)