def rmd_options_to_metadata(options):
    """
    Parse rmd options and return a metadata dictionary
    :param options:
    :return:
    """
    options = re.split(r'\s|,', options, 1)
    if len(options) == 1:
        language = options[0]
        chunk_options = []
    else:
        language, others = options
        language = language.rstrip(' ,')
        others = others.lstrip(' ,')
        chunk_options = parse_rmd_options(others)

    language = 'R' if language == 'r' else language
    metadata = {}
    for i, opt in enumerate(chunk_options):
        name, value = opt
        if i == 0 and name == '':
            metadata['name'] = value
            continue
        else:
            if update_metadata_from_rmd_options(name, value, metadata):
                continue
            try:
                metadata[name] = _py_logical_values(value)
                continue
            except RLogicalValueError:
                metadata[name] = value

    for name in metadata:
        try_eval_metadata(metadata, name)

    if ('active' in metadata or metadata.get('run_control', {}).get('frozen') is True) and 'eval' in metadata:
        del metadata['eval']

    return metadata.get('language') or language, metadata