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Data Organization in Spreadsheets for Ecologists
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using OKFN's frictionless data standards? #285

Closed steltenpower closed 4 years ago

steltenpower commented 4 years ago

In the 02 page I read "metadata should NOT be contained in the data file itself", but isn't (part of) OKFN's so-called friction-less data (maybe known for their related goodtables.io service) going against that? This frictionless data and some of the tools deserve to be a part of "Quality Control " on the 04 page if you ask me.

Let me know what you think.

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tracykteal commented 4 years ago

Thanks @steltenpower. That's a good point. There are these types of resources that we can reference. There are decisions to be made about metadata, depending on how and where you're sharing, so we can point learners towards these resources. For this particular point, what would be a good page for reference?

lwinfree commented 4 years ago

Hi @steltenpower! I work with Frictionless Data, so I can comment on that. We don't propose having metadata in the data file, so we are in agreement with the quoted text "metadata should NOT be contained in the data file itself". To handle metadata, we suggest packaging your data file with a metadata file (written in JSON), and we call that package a 'data package'. Check out more here: https://frictionlessdata.io/field-guide/ Does that help?

steltenpower commented 4 years ago

Thanks for bringing clarity to that @lwinfree . While reading your comment I realize where I got the confusion from: JSON is turned into JSON-LD by adding metadata into the data file.