[LTER-im] Fwd: New informational check released for EDI

Fri Jul 13 08:20:16 PDT 2018

Hi Eda,

This is just an informational check.  It will not cause a warning or an
error, and will not prevent package uploads.

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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Eda C. Melendez-Colom <edacorreo at yahoo.com
> wrote:

> Hi Gastil,
>
> Does that mean that if my column lables don't match the attributeName,
> PASTA will not accept my EML package?
>
> EDA
>
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Gastil Gastil-Buhl
> <gastil.gastil-buhl at ucsb.edu> wrote:
> Hi Eda,
>
> I am glad you asked the list so everyone can read the answer, especially
> our new site IMs.
>
> The *attributeName* should match the column headers in the dataTable, and
> be useful as a variable name.
> The *attributeLabel* is for humans to read and does not need to be useful
> as a variable name.
>
> For example,
>
> attributeName: temp
> attributeLabel: Air Temperature
>
> reference:
> https://environmentaldatainitiative.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/
> emlbestpractices-v3.pdf
> page 31
> quoted below, where I have substituted [] for <> because the angle
> brackets confuse email.
>
> *[attributeName]* is typically the name of a field in a data table. This
> is often short and/or
> cryptic. It is recommended that attributeNames be suitable for use as a
> variable, e.g.,
> composed of ASCII characters, and that the [attributeName]s match the
> column headers
> of a CSV or other text table.
>
> *[attributeLabel]* (optional): is used to provide a less ambiguous or
> less cryptic
> alternative identification than what is provided in [attributeName].
> [attributeLabel] is
> likely to be used as a column or row header in an HTML display
>
> So it seems you have been using them the other way around. I hope it is
> efficient to re-code your EML generation so you do not have a lot of
> re-entry to do. Lucky for the new site IMs they will see your question and
> be saved that extra work.
>
> Glad to hear from you,
> Gastil
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Eda C. Melendez-Colom <
> edacorreo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Margaret,
>
> Just one question: should the header row entries in the data table
> coincide with the attributes' names or the attributes' labels in the
> metadata?
>
> I always make sure that the lables in the data columns coincide with the
> labels specified in the metadata but the Name of the Variable in the
> metadata  is usually more descriptive and longer.
>
> EDA
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Margaret O'Brien
> <margaret.obrien at ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
> Margaret O'Brien
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> Information Management
> Marine Science Institute, UCSB
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> From: *EDI* <info@ environmentaldatainitiative. org
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> Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 9:24 AM
> Subject: New informational check released for EDI data portal
> To: <margaret.obrien at ucsb.edu>
>
>
> The EDI data portal has added a new informational check to the suite of
> data congruence checks it runs on every data package submitted.
> The EDI data portal has added a new informational check to the suite of
> data congruence checks it runs on every data package submitted.
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> Hello all -
> The EDI data portal has added a new informational check to the suite of
> data congruence checks it runs on every data package submitted. This check
> is information only and the community felt it was valuable, so we are
> releasing it outside the regular twice-yearly schedule. A brief description
> of the new check is below; for more information contact info@
> environmentaldatainitiative. org <info at environmentaldatainitiative.org>.
>
>   About the check: Compare dataTable header row to attribute names
>
> Some programs (e.g., R, matlab) are able read in the first row (header
> row) of a data table and convert the names found there to variables in
> code. EML metadata contains additional information about the attribute
> (table column) that is often not in the table header. EML Best Practices
> state that the header row of a table should match the attributeNames in
> metadata - this check displays header row names of the data table and the
> attribute names provided in the EML metadata to facilitate a visual
> comparison of the two sets of names.
>
> This check displays the header row alongside attribute names for the user
> to compare their content visually. The check does not attempt to ascertain
> if the header and attributeNames match because table headers may be
> composed of multiple lines, and the matching line cannot be identified.
>
> Checks returning warn or errors are released twice a year. A quorum of
> users approved releasing checks that are strictly informative as soon as
> they become available because informational checks do not affect report
> results, but may be of use to data managers.
> To be released: 2018 July 11
>
>    - headerRowAttributeNames:
>       - Justification: Good practice.
>          - Type: congruence
>          - Action: Header row is displayed alongside attribute names
>          Compare the content of the data header row to the content of EML
>          attributeName
>          - Expectation: No expectation, information only
>          - Returns: info
>
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