[Repec-data] A first proposal

['Christian Zimmermann']

On Thu, 29 Aug 2013, David K. Levine wrote:

> A field where it can be indicated the nature of the collection method
> survey, laboratory experiment, internet experiment, field experiment?
>

How would you call such a field?

> is this intended to be be meta-data for a single file, or a group of related files

That is up to the provider. I would envision different versions of a 
dataset to be captured in on template file and several File-* clusters

>
> do you want also to provide some meta-data about how things are formatted, what the fields are?
>

I am not sure at what level of detail we should go. Would data providers 
be willing to list all the variables in a data set? I guess one could make 
it an optional field and see what happens.

In any case, a lot can be captured by the Description field. But coding 
additional information in specific fields is certainly valuable. One has 
to avoid having too many of them, or providers will feel overwhelmed, and 
those using the metadata would neglect some fields completely of they are 
little used.

> ----- On 8/29/2013 12:01 am repec-data at lists.ope wrote -----
>
> Hello all,
>
> I hope you had a chance to look at the documentation. To get things
> started, I want to make a proposal for template fields. Please have a look
> at it and tell us all through this mailing list whether
>
> 1) you think if fits the requirements for data that you manage, i.e., data
> that you could have indexed in RePEc.
>
> 2) you think this is operable, i.e., you could see yourself converting
> exisitng metadata into the fields I am suggesting.
>
> I may have missed something, or assumed something ridiculous, do not
> hesitate to voice your opinion.
>
> The proposal is here: http://ideas.repec.org/datatemplate.html
>
> Christian Zimmermann                          FIGUGEGL!
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