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+title: frictionless 1.1.0
+description: We released a new version of our R package frictionless.
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+author: Peter Desmet
+tags: [LifeWatch, software, R]
+toc: true
+---
+
+Our R package **frictionless** allows you to read and write Frictionless [Data Packages](https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-package/). A Data Package is a simple container format and standard to describe and package a collection of (tabular) data. It is typically used to publish [FAIR](https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/) and open datasets. We use it in the [LifeWatch](/projects/#lifewatch) project to publish our [bird tracking](https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking?tab=readme-ov-file#datasets), [fish tracking](https://github.com/inbo/etn-occurrences?tab=readme-ov-file#datasets) and [camera trap data](https://camtrap-dp.tdwg.org/).
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+We developed the R package [frictionless](https://docs.ropensci.org/frictionless/) to facilitate our work, but it has since been picked up by other users and developers. Much of the feedback we gathered is now incorportated in a new release of the package: version 1.1.0.
+
+## How to install frictionnless?
+
+The package is available on CRAN and can be installed with:
+
+```R
+install.packages("frictionless")
+```
+
+For more information, see the [package documentation](https://docs.ropensci.org/frictionless/).
+
+## What has changed?
+
+Quite a lot. See the [CHANGELOG](https://docs.ropensci.org/frictionless/news/index.html#frictionless-110).
+
+## What is next?
+
+The Data Package standard is currently [undergoing changes](https://frictionlessdata.io/blog/2023/11/15/frictionless-specs-update/) to be released as a finalized product (Data Package v2), a process we are involved in. We plan to support these changes (and new features!) in an upcoming version of frictionless, so there's more to come!