The goal of rOpenCodebooks is to a minimal interface to define
codebooks as data frames or CSV files and publish them as human-readable
HTML and machine-readable SKOS/Turtle with stable hash URIs.
You can install the development version of rOpenCodebooks from GitHub with:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("dataobservatory-eu/opencodebooks")OpenCodebooks is not just a package — it’s a pattern.
The idea is that codebooks should be as open and portable as the data
they describe.
- Hash URIs: Every category gets a stable, citable identifier.
- Minimal: Define codebooks in a plain CSV or data frame.
- Templated: Render them into human-readable HTML and machine-readable Turtle (SKOS).
- Static: Publish on GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, or any static host. No server config.
library(opencodebooks)
## basic example codeWhat is special about using README.Rmd instead of just README.md?
You can include R chunks like so.