For more detailed guidelines, see below:<\/p>\n
1 File naming and organization![\"\"](\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/dataverseno\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2018\/04\/External-link-icon-150x150.png\" "\\"Use")
<\/a><\/h2>\nFollowing good practice for file naming and organizing makes it much easier to find the right data file, not just for you, but also for your collaborators, and later on for other researchers who may re-use your data. Please make sure your file names comply with the following fundamental file naming recommendations:<\/p>\n
\n- Files must be named consistently.<\/li>\n
- File names must be descriptive, but short (< 25 characters).<\/li>\n
- Do not use spaces. Instead, use underscores (e.g. first_study), hyphens (e.g. first-study) or camel case (FirstStudy).<\/li>\n
- Avoid characters like \\ \/ ? : * ” > < | : # % ” { } | ^ [ ] ` ~ \u00e6\u00c6 \u00f8\u00d8 \u00e5\u00c5 \u00e4\u00c4 \u00f6\u00d6 \u2026<\/li>\n
- Use the international date convention YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2017-10-25).<\/li>\n
- The name of a file in original file format must be identical with the name of the corresponding file in preferred file format (see below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The way your files should be organized depends on the file type and the discipline. You should follow best-practice recommendations within your field.<\/p>\n
For spreadsheets, which are a common file type within many fields, you should follow these general recommendations:<\/p>\n
\n- One table = one file (one spreadsheet)<\/li>\n
- One column = one variable<\/li>\n
- One row = one observation \/ sample<\/li>\n
- One cell = one value \/ piece of information<\/li>\n
- The first row is the header including variable names.<\/li>\n
- Variable names must not include special characters, spaces, or start with a number.<\/li>\n
- Use the international date convention YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2017-10-25).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more general recommendations and tips about best-practice organization of spreadsheets \/ tabular files, see the chapter\u00a0Data Organisation in Spreadsheets<\/a> in\u00a0The Turing Way handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science<\/em>.<\/p>\n
2 Preferred file formats<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat are preferred file formats?<\/a><\/h3>\nThe choice of a preferred file format is crucial in order to ensure that your data will be readable also in the future. Some file formats are more likely to allow long-term readability than others are. Such formats are usually<\/p>\n
\n- non-proprietary<\/li>\n
- open, with documented international standards<\/li>\n
- using standard character encoding, preferably Unicode (e.g. UTF-8)<\/li>\n
- uncompressed (space permitting)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The table below gives an overview of preferred vs. non-preferred file formats for a selection of<\/strong> document types. The list of file formats in the column \u201cNon-preferred file formats\u201d is non-exhaustive and includes the formats considered the ones used most commonly. If your dataset contains file formats not listed here, please contact the\u00a0support services<\/a>\u00a0of your home institution. When uploading your data to the repository, please make sure you add your files in a preferred format. Make also sure that all of your files contain a valid file extension, e.g. .txt, .pdf. If your data cannot be stored in a preferred format, they can still be published in their original format, but in that case, DataverseNO does not commit to preserve the data in the long term. If appropriate, the file may also be archived in their original file format in addition to<\/strong> preferred format(s). The recommended file formats for TROLLing are also listed in the Format Recommendations<\/a> of the CLARIN Standards Information System.<\/p>\n
The way your files should be organized depends on the file type and the discipline. You should follow best-practice recommendations within your field.<\/p>\n
For spreadsheets, which are a common file type within many fields, you should follow these general recommendations:<\/p>\n
- \n
- One table = one file (one spreadsheet)<\/li>\n
- One column = one variable<\/li>\n
- One row = one observation \/ sample<\/li>\n
- One cell = one value \/ piece of information<\/li>\n
- The first row is the header including variable names.<\/li>\n
- Variable names must not include special characters, spaces, or start with a number.<\/li>\n
- Use the international date convention YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2017-10-25).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more general recommendations and tips about best-practice organization of spreadsheets \/ tabular files, see the chapter\u00a0Data Organisation in Spreadsheets<\/a> in\u00a0The Turing Way handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science<\/em>.<\/p>\n
2 Preferred file formats<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat are preferred file formats?
<\/a><\/h3>\nThe choice of a preferred file format is crucial in order to ensure that your data will be readable also in the future. Some file formats are more likely to allow long-term readability than others are. Such formats are usually<\/p>\n
- \n
- non-proprietary<\/li>\n
- open, with documented international standards<\/li>\n
- using standard character encoding, preferably Unicode (e.g. UTF-8)<\/li>\n
- uncompressed (space permitting)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The table below gives an overview of preferred vs. non-preferred file formats for a selection of<\/strong> document types. The list of file formats in the column \u201cNon-preferred file formats\u201d is non-exhaustive and includes the formats considered the ones used most commonly. If your dataset contains file formats not listed here, please contact the\u00a0support services<\/a>\u00a0of your home institution. When uploading your data to the repository, please make sure you add your files in a preferred format. Make also sure that all of your files contain a valid file extension, e.g. .txt, .pdf. If your data cannot be stored in a preferred format, they can still be published in their original format, but in that case, DataverseNO does not commit to preserve the data in the long term. If appropriate, the file may also be archived in their original file format in addition to<\/strong> preferred format(s). The recommended file formats for TROLLing are also listed in the Format Recommendations<\/a> of the CLARIN Standards Information System.<\/p>\n