[Repec-data] A first proposal

['Christian Zimmermann']

Yes, as long as appropriate metadata is provided. Hence the need to define 
it adequately.


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

> So then the idea would be for software to provide the higher level organization by reading the templates and allowing them to be searched?
>
> ----- On 8/29/2013 11:20 am repec-data at lists.ope wrote -----
>
> That is really up to the data provider. You want the granularity to would
> help users find what they want. To take the OECD MEI example again, users
> generally do not look for national accounts or the MEI, they look for a
> specific series of a specific country.
>
> So yes, I would create 148,000 templates, neatly organized by data
> providers, and possibly make create several collections for some
> providers.
>
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2013, David K. Levine wrote:
>
>> I believe the proposal was one template per n-dimensional array.
>>
>> ----- On 8/29/2013 11:06 am repec-data at lists.ope wrote -----
>>
>> Christian,
>>
>> This does not make sense to me: the notion of creating o
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