The Data Management Office
will be able to serve data that are ready to serve more quickly than data that
require extensive reformatting.
While each data set is unique, the guidelines below will help in submitting
data, but please contact the CMarZ Data Management Office with specific
questions.
Example dataset formats are
given in Appendices A and B, below.
Useful information:
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Data fields should not
be color coded.
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Blank data fields should
be identified as either containing no data (ÔndÕ) or a zero where zero is a
real observed value. Do not use '999's to mean Òno data.Ó All cells should
contain observed values or Ònd.Ó Do not leave blanks in the cells below an
entry if it means that the same entry is repeated.
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Relevant dates, vessel
names, identification notations, etc. should be repeated in columns, not rows.
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Comments within a data
sheet should appear only once and be limited to one column, not several times
in several different columns.
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Please try to avoid the
characters ' ( ) Ô Õ ? ¡ and & in your data. The web interprets these
characters very specifically.
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Species should be named
in a consistent manner.
APPENDIX A:
Examples of
data formats easily servable on the CMarZ database.
Example 1
Example 2
APPENDIX B:
Examples of
Datasets that are NOT easily servable without extensive reformatting:
Example 1:
