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Data Management Best PracticeMake sure that all location information in a file uses the same coordinate system crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeProvide latitude and longitude with south latitude and west longitude recorded as negative values crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeSpatial coordinates should be reported in decimal degrees format to at least 4 (preferably 5 or 6) significant digits past the decimal point. crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceboth the begin time and end time should be reported in both local and UTC time crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeUse 24-hour notation crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeDates: yyyy-mm-dd or yyyymmdd crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeConsistent formats are particularly important for dates, times, and spatial coordinates. crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceuse only letters, numerals, and underscores in the parameter name crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best Practiceuse consistent capitalization (not temp, Temp, and TEMP) crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeUse commonly accepted parameter names crowston012 years 11 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 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeProvide Data Set Documentation and Metadata crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAssign Descriptive Data Set Titles crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeDefine the Quality of Your Data crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticePerform Basic Quality Assurance crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAssign Descriptive File Names crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeData that are provided in a proprietary software format must include documentation of the software specifications crowston012 years 11 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 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeAvoid using generic file extensions crowston012 years 11 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 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeUse Consistent File Structure and Stable File Formats For Tabular and Image Data crowston012 years 11 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 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeKeep Similar Information Together crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best PracticeConsistently use the same missing value notations for numeric and text/character fields in the data file. crowston012 years 11 months ago
Data Management Best Practicespecify the standard source for units in your data set crowston012 years 11 months ago

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