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Alliance-for-Tropical-Forest-Science / DataHarmonization

Code to run the data harmonization app and support cross-site analysis
https://alliance-for-tropical-forest-science.github.io/DataHarmonization/
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name vs id #40

Open gabrielareto opened 1 year ago

gabrielareto commented 1 year ago

The distinction is not very clear, when it refers to plots, subplots, etc. I wonder how frequently people keep plot names and unique plot id's in different columns. It seems more frequent that their plot name is their unique plot id, rather abstract alphanumeric like "ABC1", "ABC2", etc.

Consider mapping into a single column called "unique-plot-id", that could take numbers or names. But I am not fully aware of the reasoning behind the current design.

gabrielareto commented 11 months ago

"Subplot name" in particular is confusing. Does it refer to a subplot identifier within each plot? or subplot identifier within the entire dataset?