NEWS

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BEMPdata 0.2.1 (2026-03-09)

• Address CRAN review feedback: replace \dontrun{} with \donttest{} for download functions (get_wave(), get_codebook()), if (interactive()) for interactive functions (run_app(), bemp_cache_clear()), and unwrap lookup_variable() examples (uses only bundled data).
• Add Zenodo URL to DESCRIPTION.
• Fix get_codebook(wave = "all") error when wave codebooks have differing numbers of value-label columns.

BEMPdata 0.2.0

• Add interactive Shiny data explorer (run_app()), deployed at https://b68gkn-janfreihardt.shinyapps.io/bemp-explorer/. Includes a codebook browser, variable inspector, and download assistant.

BEMPdata 0.1.0

• Initial release.
• get_wave(): download any of the 20 BEMP wave datasets from Zenodo with local caching.
• get_codebook(): download per-wave or merged codebook.
• lookup_variable(): keyword search across the bundled cross-wave codebook.
• bemp_cache_info() / bemp_cache_clear(): cache management.
• Bundled data: wave_overview (wave metadata) and codebook (merged codebook, 32,248 rows).