Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data
Best Practice:
A description of the contents of the data file should contain the following:
- Define the parameters and the units on the parameter
- Explain the formats for dates, time, geographic coordinates, and other parameters
- Define any coded values
- Describe quality flags or qualifying values
- Define missing values
Description Rationale:
The contents of the data files should be described in the data file and in the documentation
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