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Standard Data Package Metadata FilesΒΆ

WHAT ARE STANDARD DATA PACKAGE METADATA?

  • Structured metadata files that, altogether, describe your study, study files and results, and study file and result relationships
  • These metadata provide the essential sharing, usability, and context information about the study as a whole and about the data files your study has produced/collected that allows understanding and re-use across research communities
  • These metadata are not meant to replace or supersede research community specific standards. Rather, they are meant to fully accommodate, never conflict with, and lightly add value to research community specific metadata standards.

  • Standard Data Package Metadata files include:

    • Study overview
    • Experiment tracker
    • Resource tracker
    • Data dictionary(ies)
    • Results tracker(s)

HOW DO I CREATE STANDARD DATA PACKAGE METADATA?

Templates and schemas/field definitions to aid you in completing the Standard Data Package Metadata templates are available for all Standard Data Package Metadata.

WHERE SHOULD I CREATE OR ADD MY STANDARD DATA PACKAGE METADATA?

If your study files are naturally centralized in a single overall "study folder," add Standard Data Package Metadata as a subdirectory of your study folder.