Improved dataset documentation by making it computational
Dropped leaders and regimes
Functions
Dropped extract_cshapes()
Dropped extract_vdem()
manystates 0.2.0
Package
Closed #61 by updating functions to import Varieties of Democracy data
from the Github package with standardised variable names.
Updated import_vdem(), import_vparty(),
and import_cshapes() function by fixing CMD warnings and
notes.
Closed #54 by moving code_states() to
{manypkgs} for consistency across packages.
Added first draft of vignette to publicize {manystates}
data.
Updated pkgdown.yml file
Data
Closed #57 by replacing GNEVAR datasets with HUGGO datasets for
handcoded data in states, leaders, and
contiguity databases.
Added some missing state names (StateName variable) and
regions (Region variable) in HUGGO_STATES
dataset.
manystates 0.1.1
Functions
Added generate_states() for generating lists of
fictional state names
manystates 0.1.0
Package
Updated regex for code_states() to more accurately
match and translate states’ names.
Updated workflow files to include package caching.
Re-rendered documentation using
messydates::mreport().
Added {cshapes} and {vdemdata}
dependencies
Data
Added data across databases
Closed #9 by adding ICOW datasets to states
database.
Closed #24 by adding Economic Freedom datasets to
economics database.
Closed #25 by adding Freedom House data to regimes
database.
Closed #48 by adding data on states’ ratification rules to
ratrules database.
Closed #49 by adding Colonial Relations data from ICOW dataset to
colsrels database.
Closed #50 by adding self-coded data on the latitude and longitude
of state capitals as GNEVAR_STATES dataset in
states database.
Closed #51 by adding contiguity and regions data from FAO and ICOW
in contiguity database.
Changed class for date variables (Beg and
End) from messydt to mdate using
messydates::as_messydate() in preparation scripts across
databases.
manystates 0.0.6
Package
Fixed #43 by extending the regex pattern matching process of
code_states()
Changed the package name from {qStates} to
{manystates}
qStates 0.0.5
Package
Fixed #38 by fixing a bug preventing
data_contrast("qStates") from being run while
{qStates} is also loaded in the environment.
Updated the CSS in the package to make it consistent with other
packages in the qVerse
Data
Closed #29 by adding the ARCHIGOS database
Closed #23 by adding import_vdem() to automatically
import and consistently format the V-Dem dataset
Closed #22 by adding import_vparty() to automatically
import and consistently format the V-Party dataset
Closed #37 by improving the way we deal with special categorical
values (-66, -77, -88) in the Polity-V dataset
Closed #36 by completing the regex table for improved text
matching
qStates 0.0.4
Package
Fixed #26 by updating list of states for code_states()
function
Fixed #30 by transforming date columns in qStates datasets to
messydt class
Closed #31 by creating qStates website
Added vignette for working with {CShapes} and
historical maps
Data
Closed #1 by adding the Polity5 dataset
Integrated {CShapes}
Closed #10 by integrating datasets on distances from
{CShapes}
Added import_cshapes() function to import
{CShapes} data
Added import_distlist() function to import
{CShapes} distances
Added import_distmatrix() function to import
{CShapes} distance matrices
qStates 0.0.3
Package
Updated README to align it with other qPackages
Added a new package logo similar to other qPackages
Added new pull request template consistent with
{qData}
Data
Re-exported package data to reflect new testing, templates and
argument changes with export_data() function in
{qData}
qStates 0.0.2
Data
Closes #17 by rerunning the new export_data() function
on the states database which adds new metadata(source link
and source bibliography) as well as setting the bibliography at the
correct database level instead of the dataset level.
Added .bib files in each data-raw folder with the
original datasets to provide citation information.
Added link arguments to each dataset-prepare
script.
qStates 0.0.1
Package
Created the package structure and files using
qData::setup_package()
Closed #2 by adding and updating initial documentation as
CONTRIBUTING, COC, LICENSE, issue and PR templates
Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the
package
Added a README document that outlines main
characteristics of the data package
Fixed #15 by removing ^data$ from .RBuildignore
Data
Closed #13 by using qData::export_data() and other
functions from {qData} to form the states
database from:
Added the Correlates of War (COW) dataset and preparations scripts,
documentation
Closed #6 by adding the International Systems Dataset (ISD) dataset
and preparations scripts
Closed #7 by adding the Gleditsch & Ward dataset (GW) dataset
and preparations scripts
Closed #12 by adding tests for all these datasets
Functions
Added code_states() to extract state IDs from a
character vector