Structures selected parts of table metadata into data frames.
Value
A named list of data frames. Additional metadata is stored as attributes on the data frames. The data URL is stored in the comment attribute of the returned object.
Details
Metadata related to the categories of dimensional variables are returned as data frames, with additional information stored as attributes.
Examples
metaframes <- meta_frames(7459, url_type = "ssb_en")
names(metaframes)
#> [1] "Region" "Kjonn" "Alder" "ContentsCode" "Tid"
metaframes[["ContentsCode"]]
#> code index label unit.base unit.decimals
#> 1 Personer1 0 Persons number 0
metaframes[["Kjonn"]]
#> code index label
#> 1 2 0 Females
#> 2 1 1 Males
# Extra information stored as an attribute on a data frame
attr(metaframes[["Region"]], "extra")[[1]][[1]]
#> [[1]]
#> [1] "1 January 2019, the municipality 1567 Rindal was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag. 1 January 2020, the municipality 1571 Halsa was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag. 1 January 2020, the municipality 1444 Hornindal was moved from Sogn og Fjordane to Møre og Romsdal."
#>
# Code list information as a data frame stored as another attribute
attr(metaframes[["Region"]], "code_lists")
#> id label
#> 1 agg_KommFylker Counties 2024, aggregated time series
#> 2 agg_Fylker2024 Counties 2024-
#> 3 agg_Fylker2020 Counties 2020-2023
#> 4 agg_KommForrige Municipalities 2020-2023
#> 5 agg_KommSummer Municipalities 2024, aggregated time series
#> 6 agg_LandsdelKommun Regions 2025
#> 7 agg_Politidistrikt16 Police district 2016 (can not be used before 2013)
#> 8 agg_RegionerBVF Regions (Child welfare and family counselling)
#> 9 agg_SentralIndeksA Centrality (can not be used before 1977)
#> 10 agg_OkonomRegion2020 Economic regions 2024
#> 11 agg_Valgdistrikt Electoral districts
#> 12 vs_Landet The whole country
#> 13 vs_Fylker All counties
#> 14 vs_Kommun All municipalities
#> type
#> 1 Aggregation
#> 2 Aggregation
#> 3 Aggregation
#> 4 Aggregation
#> 5 Aggregation
#> 6 Aggregation
#> 7 Aggregation
#> 8 Aggregation
#> 9 Aggregation
#> 10 Aggregation
#> 11 Aggregation
#> 12 Valueset
#> 13 Valueset
#> 14 Valueset
#> links
#> 1 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_KommFylker?lang=en
#> 2 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_Fylker2024?lang=en
#> 3 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_Fylker2020?lang=en
#> 4 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_KommForrige?lang=en
#> 5 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_KommSummer?lang=en
#> 6 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_LandsdelKommun?lang=en
#> 7 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_Politidistrikt16?lang=en
#> 8 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_RegionerBVF?lang=en
#> 9 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_SentralIndeksA?lang=en
#> 10 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_OkonomRegion2020?lang=en
#> 11 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/agg_Valgdistrikt?lang=en
#> 12 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/vs_Landet?lang=en
#> 13 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/vs_Fylker?lang=en
#> 14 https://data.ssb.no/api/pxwebapi/v2/codeLists/vs_Kommun?lang=en
# Information about elimination possibilities
attr(metaframes[["Region"]], "elimination")
#> [1] TRUE
attr(metaframes[["ContentsCode"]], "elimination")
#> [1] FALSE
sapply(metaframes, attr, "elimination") # elimination info for all variables
#> Region Kjonn Alder ContentsCode Tid
#> TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE