Organization IdeasNaming ConventionsSome ideas for how to name items that are placed in Clowder: - When able, include the name of the Sensor in the title of Spaces, Collections, and Datasets
- Including the name of the Sensor may make it is easier to search for items
Metadata and Tags can be utilized to enhance organization and search capabilities. - Metadata
- Metadata is searchable
- Datasets can have Metadata
- Files (in either Datasets or Folders) can have Metadata
- Definition sources are provided for each Metadata field
- Tags
- Tags are searchable
- Can view a list of all Tags in the application
- Datasets can have Tags
- Files (in either Datasets or Folders) can have Tags
Using the Sections Within ClowderIt would be good to have a general organization methodology moving forward. This section will contain various contains ideas for organization. One An idea for utilizing and organizing these sections: - Spaces
- Named after each Sensor or a general category (e.g.: "How To" Documentation, Images, etc.)
- Contains both Collections of Datasets and individual Datasets
- Can have an image appear in the listing on Clowder
- Collections of Datasets
- Naming Include would include the Sensor name
- Sub-collections can be used to logically organize datasets, for example data ranges
- Contains Datasets
Datasets
- NamingWhen possible, the The name would include the name of the Sensor
- Should be placed in Collections
- Some Datasets can contain raw data and other derived data
- Can contain Folders that contain files
- Should be placed in Collections
- Metadata
- Datasets can have Metadata
- Files in Datasets can have Metadata
- Can have Tags
- Tags are searchable
- Can view a list of all Tags in the application
- Datasets and Files can both have Metadata and Tags
This is an example illustrating this idea: - This is based upon the Flux Tower data (information about this Dataset is available in this Wiki space at Flux Tower Data)
- Space
- There is only one of these for this Space
- Space Name: Flux Tower Site
- Space Description: Flux Tower located at
location-description - Space Image: Suggestion - provide an image of the site or the instrument or a logo (if available)
- Collection
- There can be several of these for this Space
- Raw Data Measurements Example
- Collection Name: Flux Tower Raw Data Files
date-range - The date-range could be years or months depending upon the size of the dataset
- Collection Description: Collection of Raw Data Files for
date-range - Collection Content: This will contain all relevant Datasets for this collection
- Data Measurements Example
- Collection Name: Flux Tower Data Files
- Collection Description: Collection of Data Files
- Collection Content: This will contain all relevant Datasets for this collection A:
date-range is a year- If
date-range is 2010 - Then Datasets would be all the Datasets that include 2010 data
- Example B:
date-range is January 2010 to March 2010- If
date-range is January 2010 to March 2010 - Then Datasets would be all the Datasets that include 2010 data from January to March
Example C: date-range is the Year 2010- If
date-range is 2010 Then there would be one Dataset for all 2010 data
Documentation Example
- Collection Name: Flux Tower Documentation
- Collection Description: Documentation for the Flux Tower Sensor
- Collection Content: This will contain any relevant documentation that describes the Sensor (types of measurements gathered, etc.)
- Datasets would be present in this collection for enhanced organization
- Files can be of any preferred format
Datasets- There can be several of these for each Collection in the Space
- To simplify managing data, either of these can be implemented:
- Individual Datasets can be grouped by month
Use use Folders in yearly Datasets to group files by month Without Datasets with Folders Example- Dataset Name: Flux Tower Raw Data Sept 2016, Flux Tower Data 5TE Soil Probe 30 cm Sept 2016, etc.
- Flux Tower
information Sept 2016 - The
information would just describe the general content of the Dataset (type of measurement, type of data, etc.)
- Dataset Description: Flux Tower Raw Data collected during the month of February 2016
- A Dataset with Flux Tower
information for February 2016
- Dataset Metadata: This will contain any relevant Metadata
- Dataset Tags: This will contain any relevant Tags
- Dataset Content: This will contain any relevant files
With Folders Example- Would be in the Flux Tower Raw Data Files Collection
- Dataset Name: Flux Tower Raw Data 2016
- Flux Tower
information for 2016 - The
information would just describe the general content of the Dataset (type of measurement, type of data, etc.)
- Dataset Description: Flux Tower Raw Data collected during the year of 2016
- A Dataset with Flux Tower
information for 2016
- Dataset Metadata: This will contain any relevant Metadata
- Dataset Tags: This will contain any relevant Tags
- Dataset Content: This will contain Folders for each month of data
- Folder 1: January 2016
- This will contain all January files
- Folder 2: February 2016
- This will contain all February files
- Folder 3: March 2016
- This will contain all March files
- Keep creating Folders for the year as needed
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