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please convert xlsx to tsv #2

Closed jhpoelen closed 7 years ago

jhpoelen commented 7 years ago

GloBI doesn't support xlsx . . . the format is not quite suitable for data archives: proprietary format and hard to digest by programs. So, suggest to save the xlsx as a tsv (tab separated values) and update the globi.json accordingly.

millerse commented 7 years ago

Done

jhpoelen commented 7 years ago

@millerse just curious - I am noticing that in globi.json, the file http://invertebrates.si.edu/pdfs/NationalParasiteCollection_29-May-2014.txt is used. So, this means that GloBI is using a file that is external to the github repository. Would it be an idea to copy the file to the github repo as is and globi.json to it? In the citation, you can then mention where you got the file from and we'll have a independently archived copy with doi of it in Zenodo.

Curious to hear your thoughts on this.

jhpoelen commented 7 years ago

ps thanks for all the hard work and being patient with me!

millerse commented 7 years ago

@jhpoelen There is always the hope that the Entomology department will update the collection and that will be captured easily. I assumed that the tsv files are used as a copy of the dataset for archive purpose. Hope that makes sense.

jhpoelen commented 7 years ago

Ah yes, that makes total sense. Perhaps we should figure out a way to indicate the original source and their archived copies. . . . something to think about.