R client vegbank package

[mbjones]

In this phase, we design a new vegbank R package as a convenient means to download, create, and upload data to and from the VegBank API. This replaces the current vegbranch access database, in favor of the more common use of R in this discipline. The package will support a local copy of a subset of the vegbank data, creating new plot, community, and plant records locally; verification of the validity of these new records; and data upload of these new records to the VegBank API.

Task#	Description	Weeks	Notes
xx	R Client - Design iterations	4
xx	Data model in R	4
xx	Design and code authentication API	2
xx	Data download implementation - Plots	2
xx	Data download implementation - Plants	2
xx	Data download implementation - Community	2
xx	Query function - local plot subsetting	2
xx	Design and code local data insertion functions	2
xx	Design and code local data verification functions	2
xx	Design and code data upload functions	2
xx	Design and code submission review and approval functions	2
xx	Code review and publish vegbank R package	2
xx	Supervision and coordination (one week each for Jones and the developer)	2
xx	Contingency time	10

TOTAL: 40 person weeks