Reads a triple-s XML (sss) metadata file, as specified by the triple-s XML standard.
Source:R/read-sss-metadata.R
readSSSmetadata.RdThis function reads a .sss XML metadata file. The .sss standard defines a standard survey structure
See also
parseSSSmetadata(), read.sss(), readSSSdata()
Other read functions:
read.sss(),
readSSSdata()
Examples
sampleRoot <- system.file("sampledata", package = "sss")
filenameSSS <- file.path(sampleRoot, "sample-1.sss")
filenameASC <- file.path(sampleRoot, "sample-1.asc")
readSSSdata(filenameSSS)
#> [1] "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>"
#> [2] "<!DOCTYPE sss PUBLIC \"-//Triple-S//DTD Survey Interchange v1.2//EN\""
#> [3] " \"http://triple-s.org/dtd/sss_v12.dtd\">"
#> [4] "<sss version=\"1.2\" options=\"standardnames\">"
#> [5] "<date>21 September 2001</date>"
#> [6] "<time>18:32</time>"
#> [7] "<origin>Export 1.42</origin>"
#> [8] "<survey>"
#> [9] " <name>SP5201-1</name>"
#> [10] " <title>Historic House Exit Survey<br/>First Wave</title>"
#> [11] " <record ident=\"V\">"
#> [12] " <variable ident=\"1\" type=\"single\">"
#> [13] " <name>Q1</name>"
#> [14] " <label>Number of visits</label>"
#> [15] " <position start=\"1\" />"
#> [16] " <values>"
#> [17] " <value code=\"1\">First visit</value>"
#> [18] " <value code=\"2\">Visited before within the year</value>"
#> [19] " <value code=\"3\">Visited before that</value>"
#> [20] " </values>"
#> [21] " </variable>"
#> [22] " <variable ident=\"2\" type=\"multiple\">"
#> [23] " <name>Q2</name>"
#> [24] " <label>Attractions visited</label>"
#> [25] " <position start=\"2\" finish=\"10\" />"
#> [26] " <values>"
#> [27] " <value code=\"1\">Sherwood Forest</value>"
#> [28] " <value code=\"2\">Nottingham Castle</value>"
#> [29] " <value code=\"3\">"Friar Tuck" Restaurant</value>"
#> [30] " <value code=\"4\">"Maid Marion" Cafe</value>"
#> [31] " <value code=\"5\">Mining museum</value>"
#> [32] " <value code=\"9\">Other</value>"
#> [33] " </values>"
#> [34] " </variable>"
#> [35] " <variable ident=\"3\" type=\"character\">"
#> [36] " <name>Q3</name>"
#> [37] " <label>Other attractions visited</label>"
#> [38] " <position start=\"11\" finish=\"40\" />"
#> [39] " <size>30</size>"
#> [40] " </variable>"
#> [41] " <variable ident=\"4\" type=\"multiple\">"
#> [42] " <name>Q4</name>"
#> [43] " <label>Two favourite attractions visited</label>"
#> [44] " <position start=\"41\" finish=\"42\" />"
#> [45] " <spread subfields=\"2\" />"
#> [46] " <!--same answer list as Q2-->"
#> [47] " <values>"
#> [48] " <value code=\"1\">Sherwood Forest</value>"
#> [49] " <value code=\"2\">Nottingham Castle</value>"
#> [50] " <value code=\"3\">"Friar Tuck" Restaurant</value>"
#> [51] " <value code=\"4\">"Maid Marion" Cafe</value>"
#> [52] " <value code=\"5\">Mining museum</value>"
#> [53] " <value code=\"9\">Other</value>"
#> [54] " </values>"
#> [55] " </variable>"
#> [56] " <variable ident=\"5\" type=\"quantity\">"
#> [57] " <name>Q5</name>"
#> [58] " <label>Miles travelled</label>"
#> [59] " <position start=\"43\" finish=\"45\" />"
#> [60] " <values>"
#> [61] " <range from=\"1\" to=\"499\" />"
#> [62] " <value code=\"500\">500 or more</value>"
#> [63] " <value code=\"999\">Not stated</value>"
#> [64] " </values>"
#> [65] " </variable>"
#> [66] " <variable ident=\"6\" type=\"logical\">"
#> [67] " <name>Q6</name>"
#> [68] " <label>Would come again</label>"
#> [69] " <position start=\"46\" />"
#> [70] " </variable>"
#> [71] " <variable ident=\"7\" type=\"single\">"
#> [72] " <name>Q7</name>"
#> [73] " <label>When is that most likely to be</label>"
#> [74] " <position start=\"47\" />"
#> [75] " <filter>Q6</filter>"
#> [76] " <values>"
#> [77] " <value code=\"1\">Within 3 months</value>"
#> [78] " <value code=\"2\">Between 3 months and 1 year</value>"
#> [79] " <value code=\"3\">More than 1 years time</value>"
#> [80] " </values>"
#> [81] " </variable>"
#> [82] " <variable ident=\"99\" type=\"quantity\">"
#> [83] " <name>Q99</name>"
#> [84] " <label>Case weight</label>"
#> [85] " <position start=\"48\" finish=\"54\"/>"
#> [86] " <range from=\"0.0000\" to=\"99.9999\"/>"
#> [87] " </variable>"
#> [88] " </record>"
#> [89] "</survey>"
#> [90] "</sss>"
readSSSmetadata(filenameSSS)
#> {xml_document}
#> <sss version="1.2" options="standardnames">
#> [1] <date>21 September 2001</date>
#> [2] <time>18:32</time>
#> [3] <origin>Export 1.42</origin>
#> [4] <survey>\n <name>SP5201-1</name>\n <title>Historic House Exit Survey<br ...