dataspice takes your raw data, and creates the spice on top of it, the metadata, which is so important for communicating with yourself in the future, as well as any others who may want to use your data. More details on how the group outlined that sharing can be found here.ĭay 2 I jumped in with the metadata group, who was working on the dataspice package. Our group’s goal is to form a community of educators in R who can share their materials more cohesively. It was great to share experiences across disciplines and see that many of the struggles we as educators face are common across these disciplines. I spent my first day with the education group, talking about the opportunities and challenges of teaching R in a formal education setting. The unconf focuses on two days of community driven development, which can include new features of existing packages, lesson development, new packages and many other things. In addition ROpenSci worked diligently to ensure that unconf was a welcoming and inclusive place for everyone, from a clear and emphasized Code of Conduct, to ice breakers that helped start conversations among participants, to accommodating everyone’s dietary needs, and ensuring things like lactation rooms were available really made it clear that each participant was valued. I’ve been involved with the larger R community for several years, through The Carpentries, reviewing packages for ROpenSci, and through several package specific groups, but a chance to spend two days with my email closed, working on something new in R with many people who I’ve ‘known’ for years via twitter was fantastic. Having typically been in work situations where I was the only or primary R user, I was excited and nervous to attend my first R related event. Last week I had the great privilege to attend ROpenSci’s unconf.
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