R Observatory: Metrics for UNF version 2.0.8

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2022-09-19. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected in time

Details below reflect version 2.0.8, its last release before removal.

UNF

2.0.8

Tools for Creating Universal Numeric Fingerprints for Data

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Thomas J. Leeper26 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Computes a 'universal numeric fingerprint' ('UNF') for an R data object. 'UNF' is a hash or signature that can be used to uniquely identify (a version of) a rectangular dataset, or a subset thereof. 'UNF' can be used, in tandem with a 'DOI', to form a persistent citation to a versioned dataset.

Install

R (source archive)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/UNF/UNF_2.0.8.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "UNF_2.0.8.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (2.0.8) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("leeper/UNF")

Development version from leeper/UNF. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-unf

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-UNF

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.49

not tracked

Coverage

89%

Documentation · exports

5

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMEYes · 724 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 98%
Return-value docs: 75%
References docs: 20%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (5)

utilsstatstoolsbase64enc digest

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

knitr rmarkdown testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Thomas J. Leeper

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0.7

Authors (2)

Thomas J. Leeper

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0.7

Micah Altman

Author

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Thomas Leeper

no longer listed · 2.0 to 2.0.6

Package Timeline

26 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2022-09-19
issues were not corrected in time
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
2.0.8
2022-04-13 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2022-04-13
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2022-02-20
check problems were not corrected in time
archivedRemoved from CRAN
Archived and orphaned long ago (last update was in 2009). The original maintainer was Micah Altman
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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2021-05-16 · diff ↗
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

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Package metadata

Total releases: 26
License: GPL-2 OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("UNF")

Format

Leeper, T. J., & Altman, M. (n.d.). UNF: Tools for Creating Universal Numeric Fingerprints for Data (Version 2.0.8) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=UNF

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for UNF version 2.0.8 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-11, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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