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iotables 0.9.32

• New article on terminology
• Minor bug fixes
• Developing new functionality (ongoing)

iotables 0.9.31

• Minor fix so that input multipliers print again correctly with input_multipliers_create().

iotables 0.9.5

This new minor release imports the new prd_ava, prd_use, ind_ava, ind_use and cpa2_1 metadata vocabularies due to a change in the metada
definitions of the main data sources, i.e., the Eurostat naio_10_cp1700 naio_10_cp1750 statistical products.

• A new vignette explains these changes (Metadata Vocabularies for Input–Output Analysis).
• A new modernised downloader helps to receive the new Eurostat data, while the legacy data importers remain accessible iotables_download(), iotables_download_old(), iotable_get_eurostat() and iotable_get().
• The Working With Eurostat Data vignette is updated, too.
• Under the hoods, some code is modernised and made easier to read.
• Many new unit tests are added to the package.

iotables 0.9.4 (2025-09-01)

This CRAN release focuses on stability, documentation, and preparing the ground for a forthcoming major release:

• Dependencies: Updated for modern dplyr and tidyr, removed use of deprecated mutate_if() and plyr::mapvalues().
• Bug fixes:
  • Restored reproducibility of the germany_1995 dataset from the Eurostat Manual (Beutel, 2008).
  • Corrected documentation mismatches for datasets and test results.
  • Improved spelling consistency (en-GB).
• Documentation:
  • Expanded vignette on terminology (work in progress) to align future terminology with Eurostat, UN, and OECD manuals.
  • Clarified dataset origins (netherlands_2000, uk_test_results, germany_airpol) and improved examples/tests against published results.
  • Improved developer notes in data-raw/ to ensure reproducibility of bundled datasets.
  • Improved and modernised testthat suite for better unit testing and 153 new unit tests.
  • Website: cleaned configuration, fixed missing URL and reference errors.

This version maintains backward compatibility with previous 0.9.3 (CRAN) releases, while setting the stage for a future 1.0 release with extended SIOT sources, enhanced reliability, and new functionality.

iotables 0.9.3 (2024-01-08)

• CRAN release

iotables 0.9.2

• This is a documentation fix.

iotables 0.9.1 (2022-09-24)

• This is a minor release that fixes a bug report on indirect_effects_create() and a HTML version of manual issue on CRAN.

iotables 0.9 (2022-02-10)

• This is a patch for a vignette that has occassional building problems, and the last release before the major release 1.0 with a long-form publication.
• The germany_1990 dataset was incorrectly named, because it refers to another year, it is now corrected to be germany_1995.

iotables 0.4.9

• Extending replication results from the Handbook on Supply and Use Tables and Input-Output Tables with Extensions and Applications published by the United Nations.
• A new function, 'gosh_inverse_create()' for the creation of forward linkages.
• See also a long-form documentation (publication candidate) iotables: an R Package for Reproducible Input-Output Economics Analysis, Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment with Empirical Data on Zenodo.

iotables 0.4.8

• A new function, 'output_coefficients_create()' creates a conforming vector of various air pollutants for European input-output tables.
• A new vignette, Introduction to iotables shows comparable results with the Eurostat Manual.
• The Environmental Impacts is not comparable, it will need to be reworked to be comparable with the Eurostat Manual.

iotables 0.4.7 (2021-12-22)

• A new function, 'airpol_get()' creates a conforming vector of various air pollutants for European input-output tables.
• A new vignette, Environmental Impacts shows its use.
• Released on CRAN.

iotables 0.4.6 (2021-12-18)

• Eliminating deprecated tidyverse functions.
• New website.
• Released on CRAN (2021.12.18.)

iotables 0.4.5 (2021-08-02)

• Documentation improvement and preparing for Rbloggers.
• Removing UTF-8 characters from datasets.

iotables 0.4.4 (2021-06-03)

• Very small documentation changes.
• Changing the code to dplyr 1.0+ and rlang in non-standard evaluation.
• New website, CI on Github. Renewed , documentation changed to gfm flavored markdown.
• Thanks to @KKulma for setting up new and improved continuous integration, and @pitkant for implementing many good practices on improving the code. See contributors. This project is part of rOpenGov.
• 0.4.4 is released on CRAN.

iotables 0.4.3 (2020-05-19)

• Generally improved documentation. Improving source code readabilty and vignette readability.
• Better handling of temporary files in tempdir() for improved performance with very large source files, including the new exported function iotables_read_tempdir() and iotables_metadata_get().
• Following changes in dependencies dplyr and tidyr.
• Contributor Code of Conduct is added to the github repo.
• Released on CRAN.

iotables 0.4.2 (2019-01-18)

On CRAN 0.4.1 passed early tests, but on deployment it turned out that a dependency is not available for i386-pc-solaris2.10 (32-bit). This dependency is magick, which was supposed to help printing vignettes in Word (a very rare case) for kableExtra is not available on Solaris. I removed this dependency.

iotables 0.4.1 (2019-01-17)

A small formatting error in the documentation of netherlands_2006 threw up a note on CRAN.

iotables 0.4

New vignette United Kingdom Input-Output Analytical Tables to compare analytical function results with published results from the UK National Office for Statistics.

iotables 0.3.9

This is a much improved, simplified pre-release version, with highly improved performance, more consistent function interface and far more readable code. The last CRAN release is stable, the following version will be a stable, better release candidate.

• The Germany example is converted to the ESA2010 vocabulary.
• The output_get() is now a wrapper around primary_input_get() and gva_get() is completely deprecated.
• The input_coefficient_matrix_create() is now a wrapper around the more general coefficient_matrix_create().
• The use_table_get() function is now named input_flow_get() but it is seldom used, as the analytical function will call it as needed.
• A completely dataset, metadata and vignette was added to test the functions on the United Kingdom Input-Output Analytical Tables, 2010. article and dataset.
• The new function supplementary_add() can add a supplementary account or row to the table, useful to add employment data, for example.
• The new function total_tax_add() adds a summary of product and production taxes among the primary inputs.
• Clearly divided analytical functions, direct_effects_create() , indirect_effects_create(), input_multiplier_create() create the direct, indirect and total effects matrix.

iotables 0.3.8

• Function input_indicator_create() has a new, optional parameter for naming the new indicators in the key column.
• New convenience function for nicer printing of structured SIOT tables and related matrix results. Not yet exported, first will be used on vignettes only.

iotables 0.3.7

• New example data(netherlands_2006), terminology and analytical improvements following Input-Output Multipliers Specification Sheet and Supporting Material, Spicosa Project Report. Results are checked against the publication.
• For terminological clarity, earlier direct_supply_effects_create() function is renamed direct_supply_effects_create().
• The function effects_create() currently refers to the function returning direct effects of a change in demand.
• The function multipliers_create() refers to the function returning direct and indirect effects of a change in demand.
• The Germany 1990 vignette needs to be reviewed. Currently it may not be consistent with effects and multipliers, it will be included in the next development version.

iotables 0.3.6

• New analytical function coefficient_matrix_create() which is a more general version of input_coefficient_matrix_create() and will eventually replace that function.
• Custom SIOTs are supported, but there is no vignette yet to describe their use in detail.

iotables 0.3.5 (2018-11-29)

• New function iotable_year_get() which returns the available tables by year or time from the bulk database for a given country and currency unit.
• Package now handles Use table at basic prices (naio_10_cp1610 and naio_10_pyp1610), Supply table at basic prices incl. transformation into purchasers' prices (naio_10_cp15), Use table at purchasers' prices (naio_10_cp16) after correcting a vocabulary error.
• This version is a release candidate for CRAN.

iotables 0.3.4 (2018-09-14)

• New function direct_effects() which calculates all input indicators that input_indicator_create() does individually.
• New vignette to work with real Eurostat data.
• New package website.
• The ReadMe file shortened, most of the contents are moved now to the two vignettes.

iotables 0.3.3 (2018-09-10)

• New vignette Germany 1990, renamed in 0.4.6 Introduction to iotables with the Eurostat Manual of Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables example tables to show the working of the data processing and analytical functions.
• Finding an exception in the Eurostat vocabulary that preventing correctly identifying the "Computer programming, consultancy and related services; Information services" industry in the rows. This is a critical problem in the Eurostat bulk files that prevents the creation of symmetric matrixes.
• Minor bug fixes.
• New function output_coefficient_matrix_create()
• New function output_multiplier_create()
• New function forward_linkages()
• New function backward_linkages()

iotables 0.3.2 (2018-09-01)

• Better exception handling in equation_solve(). Removes trivial erroneous, all-zero columns. Efficiency gains in indicator and multiplier creation. New function to create backward linkages. Released on CRAN.

iotables 0.3.1 (2018-08-24)

• Correcting a bug that did not always remove the right columns from use_table_get(). Released on CRAN.

iotables 0.3.0

• Correctly handles some countries that differ from the standard SIOT structure. The Czech Republic does not include G47 and I68 imputed rents in the table, which caused problems with the ordering of the table and the creation of coefficients.
• Uses tidyr::nested() data structures which are far easier handled in highly structured data sets.

iotables 0.2.9 (2018-08-05)

Error corrected concerning creation of temporary files on non-Windows environments. No uses file.path() to create platform-independent files. Released on CRAN.

iotables 0.2.8

Handles tables with purchasers' prices. Imports Eurostat employment data.

iotables 0.2.7

Default data directory for faster programmatic use and phasing out discontinued Eurostat statistics. A bit improved messages and documentation.

iotables 0.2.6

• Download naio_10_cp1620 (trade and transport margins) or naio_10_cp1630 (net taxes) with the parameter stk_flow="TOTAL". Correctly builds on Windows and Mac OS (old and release version) but problem with the dependency eurostat in Linux on Travis.

iotables 0.2.4-0.2.5

• Some documentation improvements.

iotables 0.2.3

• Eurostat withdrew naio_cp17_r2, and there is a temporary fix to work with archived versions. Some metadata errors and documentation errors were corrected.

iotables 0.2.2

• Updated README file and new Croatia vignette.

iotables 0.2.1

• Correctly handles the total Eurostat national accounts vocabulary, and adds all Croatian (not fully conforming) tables to the package.

iotables 0.2

The forthcoming update will rewrite and generalize some of the earlier functions. In particular, the following features will be available:

• Handling 7 types of Eurostat tables, not only the current price table.
• Closing off households, i.e. including endogenous demand for induced effects.
• Guidelines to work with OECD mass downloader.
• Some earlier functions are phased out, because they are successfully generalized.
• The standard system.rda contains the metadata necessary to re-order the bulk files. This will require a lot of patient testing, and it can be always updated with new data sources.

At this point I will go with preparing a release the table on CRAN. The current version builds without warnings or notes on Windows and Linux.

iotables 0.2 is moved to rOpenGov.

iotables 0.1.4

New functions are added which enable a very simple IO analysis. As an important milestone, an analytical solution comparable to the Eurostat manual, the German employment indicators are correctly calculated (see README)

• The input_indicator_create() creates the indicators.
• The equation_solve() solves the basic input-output equations on real-life data, i.e. correctly prepared the two sides of the equation product- or industrywise.
• The multiplier_create() is a wrapper around the more general equation_solve()
• The README contains examples to use this new functions.
• Some new tests are added to the testthat functions.
• Further example data is added from Croatia, together with the employment_aggregate() helper function to match SIOT data with non-conforming employment statistics.
• There is a vignette called Working with Croatian Symmetric Input-Output Tables that shows some real-life uses.
• Testing on Travis (ubuntu and OSX tests.)

iotables 0.1.3

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
• Added Contributor Code of Conduct in CONDUCT.md
• Some functions have parallel versions, and will be brought to rOpenSci naming conventions (object_verb())
• Asked to join rOpenGov - excited but inexperienced in this!