On the Communication of Scientific Results: The Full-Metadata Format
Digital Libraries
2010-01-21 v1 Information Retrieval
Computational Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a scientific format for text-based data files, which facilitates storing and communicating tabular data sets. The so-called Full-Metadata Format builds on the widely used INI-standard and is based on four principles: readable self-documentation, flexible structure, fail-safe compatibility, and searchability. As a consequence, all metadata required to interpret the tabular data are stored in the same file, allowing for the automated generation of publication-ready tables and graphs and the semantic searchability of data file collections. The Full-Metadata Format is introduced on the basis of three comprehensive examples. The complete format and syntax is given in the appendix.
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@article{arxiv.0904.1299,
title = {On the Communication of Scientific Results: The Full-Metadata Format},
author = {Moritz Riede and Rico Schueppel and Kristian O. Sylvester-Hvid and Martin Kuehne and Michael C. Roettger and Klaus Zimmermann and Andreas W. Liehr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1299},
year = {2010}
}