title: How to open WinBUGS odc file in R?
body: <p>I'm currently using Ubuntu, R, and JAGS. I'd like to explore a few WinBUGS examples that are available on the web, such as those available on the <a href="http://stat-athens.aueb.gr/~jbn/winbugs_book/" rel="nofollow">website accompanying the book, <em>Bayesian Modeling Using WinBUGS: An introduction</em></a>.</p>
  
  <p>However, the analyses are stored in the odc format e.g., <a href="http://stat-athens.aueb.gr/~jbn/winbugs_book/files/chap03/chap03_ex1.odc" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.
  I can open the file with a text editor and it does show the model syntax in plain text and in some cases data and so forth. However, I was wondering:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Is there an existing R function that extracts important elements of a WinBUGS odc file?</strong></p>