prepare for release 1.6.0

DESCRIPTION

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 Package: ctrdata
 Type: Package
 Title: Retrieve and Analyze Clinical Trials in Public Registers
-Version: 1.5.3.9001
+Version: 1.6.0
 Imports: jsonlite, httr, curl, clipr, xml2, rvest, nodbi (>= 0.4), DBI, stringi
 SystemRequirements: sed, php, cat, perl
 URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=ctrdata

NEWS.md

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-# ctrdata 1.5.3.9001
+# ctrdata 1.6.0
  - 2021-05-09
+ - added support for ISRCTN
  - refactored checking binaries and caching this info 
  - updated EUCTR download parameters
  - refactored ctrGetQueryUrl and ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser
  - harmonised error checking
  - avoid some errors with external scripts
- - added support for ISRCTN
  - refactored url / query mangling, added detailed testing
  - refactored storing JSON into database (handle big files, reduce memory)
  - improved dbFindIdsUniqueTrials (speed, memory, register coverage)

README.Rmd

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 - EU Clinical Trials Register ("EUCTR", https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/)
 - ClinicalTrials.gov ("CTGOV", https://clinicaltrials.gov/) 
-- ISRCTN (https://www.isrctn.com/) `r emo::ji("bell")`new in version 1.5.3.9001 `r emo::ji("+1")`
+- ISRCTN (https://www.isrctn.com/) `r emo::ji("bell")`new in version 1.6.0 `r emo::ji("+1")`
 
-The motivation is to understand trends in design and conduct of trials, their availability for patients and their detailled results. The package is to be used within the [R](https://www.r-project.org/) system; this README was reviewed on 2021-05-09 for version 1.5.3.9001.
+The motivation is to understand trends in design and conduct of trials, their availability for patients and their detailled results. The package is to be used within the [R](https://www.r-project.org/) system; this README was reviewed on 2021-05-09 for version 1.6.0.
 
 Main features:
 

README.md

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 -   EU Clinical Trials Register (“EUCTR”,
     <https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/>)
 -   ClinicalTrials.gov (“CTGOV”, <https://clinicaltrials.gov/>)
--   ISRCTN (<https://www.isrctn.com/>) 🔔new in version 1.5.3.9001 👍
+-   ISRCTN (<https://www.isrctn.com/>) 🔔new in version 1.6.0 👍
 
 The motivation is to understand trends in design and conduct of trials,
 their availability for patients and their detailled results. The package
 is to be used within the [R](https://www.r-project.org/) system; this
-README was reviewed on 2021-05-09 for version 1.5.3.9001.
+README was reviewed on 2021-05-09 for version 1.6.0.
 
 Main features:
 

cran-comments.md

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 * local: macOS (darwin15.6.0), R 3.6.3; Windows (19042.928), R 4.0.4
 * github-actions: Windows (Microsoft Windows Server 2019), R release
 * github-actions: macOS (10.15.7), R release and R oldrel
-* win-builder: x86_64-w64-mingw32, R unstable (2021-04-15 r80175)
+* win-builder: x86_64-w64-mingw32, 4.1.0 beta (2021-05-06 r80268)
 
 ## R CMD check results
 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
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 None so far
 
 ## Submission reason
-* added message in case of server connectivity issues
-* propagating user settings for httr to curl operations
-* bug fix: make return structures identical if trials found or not
-* bug fix: corrected and improved user info in dfMergeTwoVariablesRelevel
-* address marginal cases in dfTrials2Long (field occurs only once, identifier level) 
-* remove duplicate rows fromdfName2Value, e.g. when criteria are duplicated
+* new feature: extended to a third register of clinical trials (ISRCTN)
+* refactored and improved query handling, checking binaries, deduplicating ids
+* reduced code complexity, accelerated functions and reduced memory use

vignettes/ctrdata_install.Rmd

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 library(ctrdata)
 ```
 
-Remember to respect the registers' terms and conditions (see `ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(copyright = TRUE)`). Please cite this package in any publication as follows: Ralf Herold (2021). ctrdata: Retrieve and Analyze Clinical Trials in Public Registers. R package version 1.5.3, https://cran.r-project.org/package=ctrdata
+Remember to respect the registers' terms and conditions (see `ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(copyright = TRUE)`). Please cite this package in any publication as follows: Ralf Herold (2021). ctrdata: Retrieve and Analyze Clinical Trials in Public Registers. R package version 1.6.0, https://cran.r-project.org/package=ctrdata