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Data Management Best PracticeConsistent formats are particularly important for dates, times, and spatial coordinates. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceuse only letters, numerals, and underscores in the parameter name crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceuse consistent capitalization (not temp, Temp, and TEMP) crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeUse commonly accepted parameter names crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeTo ensure that documentation can be read well into the future requires that it be in a stable non-proprietary format. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeProvide Data Set Documentation and Metadata crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAssign Descriptive Data Set Titles crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeDefine the Quality of Your Data crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticePerform Basic Quality Assurance crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAssign Descriptive File Names crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeData that are provided in a proprietary software format must include documentation of the software specifications crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeIf the data files were created with custom code, provide a software program to enable the user to read the files crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAvoid using generic file extensions crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceselect a consistent format that can be read well into the future and is independent of changes in applications crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeUse Consistent File Structure and Stable File Formats For Tabular and Image Data crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeIf you are collecting many observations of several different types of measurements at a site, place each type of measurement in a separate data file. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeKeep Similar Information Together crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeConsistently use the same missing value notations for numeric and text/character fields in the data file. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practicespecify the standard source for units in your data set crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeIf a shorthand notation is reported in the data file, the complete units should be spelled out in the documentation crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeDefinitions of flag codes should be included in the accompanying data set documentation. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeCodes should not be parameter specific but should be consistent across parameters and data files. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practicebe aware of, and document, any changes in the coding scheme crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeWithin each data set, choose a format for each parameter, explain the format in the documentation, and use that format throughout the data set. crowston012 years 3 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceunits of reported parameters need to be explicitly stated in the data file and in the documentation crowston012 years 3 months ago

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