| Data Management Best Practice | If you are collecting many observations of several different types of measurements at a site, place each type of measurement in a separate data file. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Keep Similar Information Together | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Consistently use the same missing value notations for numeric and text/character fields in the data file. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | specify the standard source for units in your data set | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | If a shorthand notation is reported in the data file, the complete units should be spelled out in the documentation | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Definitions of flag codes should be included in the accompanying data set documentation. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Codes should not be parameter specific but should be consistent across parameters and data files. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | be aware of, and document, any changes in the coding scheme | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Within each data set, choose a format for each parameter, explain the format in the documentation, and use that format throughout the data set. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | units of reported parameters need to be explicitly stated in the data file and in the documentation | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | have names that describe the contents and are standardized across files, data sets, and the project | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Define the Contents of Your Data Files | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | inquire about integration and interoperability opportunities for archived data and related data products to maximize data reuse | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | data, processing codes, and documentation at all stages of development be routinely copied and backed up on secure and retrievable media | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Keep copies of your raw data as collected or as received, before any processing has been done. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | it is also important to be able to tell what data were used for the synthesis or model data | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | proper attribution of the source data be included with the derived product | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | users want to know where your data have been before they were archived | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | determine the likely final destination and likely mode of dissemination of your data | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | consider the potential user community, the final data archive, and the certain Web accessibility of your data | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | to reduce the level of effort required to prepare data for sharing. | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Create, manage, and document your data storage system | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Create a data dictionary | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Assign descriptive file names | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
| Data Management Best Practice | Use consistent codes | crowston | 0 | 13 years 2 weeks ago |
