Milestone data from the Milestones Project

Retrieve the milestone table containing milestone events in the history of data visualization. This is the primary table in the database. Other tables are linked to it via the mid key.

Usage

milestone()

Format

A data frame. See milestone() for details.

Source

https://datavis.ca/milestones/

Value

A data frame with 297 rows and 14 variables:

mid: milestone id, a numeric vector
slug: title slug, a character vector
date_from_numeric: numeric start date, a numeric vector
date_from: start date text, a character vector
date_to_numeric: numeric end date, a numeric vector
date_to: end date text, a character vector
tag: tag line, a character vector
description: description of the milestone, a character vector
location: location, a character vector
add_date: date added to database, a character vector
modified_date: date last modified, a character vector
status: publication status, a character vector
note: notes, a character vector
extra: extra information, a character vector

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get all milestones
m <- milestone()

# Filter by date
library(dplyr)
m |> filter(date_from_numeric < 0)  # BC milestones
} # }