Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

arcenso 0.2.1

• Added CITATION.cff file to provide standardized citation metadata.
• Improved metadata generation (codemeta.json).

arcenso 0.2.0

New documentation

• Added a “Get Started” vignette with examples using both Base R and tidyverse-style workflows.
• Made internal datasets geo_metadata and census_metadata available for user inspection.
• Updated the README with expanded usage examples and a project roadmap.

Breaking changes

• Renamed the Shiny application launcher from arcenso() to arcenso_gui() to improve clarity and avoid naming conflicts.

Improvements

• Reduced package dependencies by removing dplyr and magrittr; core functionality now relies on Base R.
• Adopted the native pipe operator |> (requires R >= 4.1.0).
• Improved Shiny app stability by fixing synchronization issues when switching census years.
• Enhanced documentation for check_repository() and get_census() with clearer examples.

Bug fixes and maintenance

• Fixed non-ASCII character issues in documentation and metadata.
• Updated package metadata, including author ORCID identifiers in DESCRIPTION.

arcenso 0.1.0

First public release of the arcenso package.

This is the initial official release of arcenso, an R package designed to organize and provide access to tidy datasets based on Argentina’s official population censuses.

Includes

• Tidy official census data for:
  • 1970: national level and all 24 jurisdictions.
  • 1980: national level only.
• Three core functions:
  • get_census() – access available census datasets.
  • check_repository() – list all available data sources.
  • arcenso() – a Shiny app to explore the data interactively (renamed to arcenso_gui() in version 0.2.0).
• Online documentation site: https://soyandrea.github.io/arcenso

This version establishes a stable foundation for further development.