Validate author metadata

Checks required columns and key formats such as order, email, ORCID, and corresponding author rules.

Usage

authordown_validate(data, require_affiliations = FALSE)

Arguments

data

A data frame of author metadata.

require_affiliations

Logical. If TRUE, require at least one affiliation column.

Value

The validated, standardized data frame.

Examples

authors <- data.frame(FirstName = "Alice", LastName = "Smith")
authordown_validate(authors)
#>   FirstName LastName
#> 1     Alice    Smith