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| Dec 26, 2013 at 22:16 | comment | added | Andrew - OpenGeoCode | Two more cents to the topic. First, my interest is in earth (natural) science). I will make an analogy to the US Census. The census sends out surveys and collects data for a defined period of time (sampling). The data is then partitioned into census tracts (and blocks) and aggregated. A summarization is then made of the aggregation. The census then defines plural views into the summarization (datasets). The summarizations are further aggegated into higher levels (CBSA, county, etc). At times, revisions to datasets are released due to corrections in sampling, aggregation or summarization. | |
| Dec 26, 2013 at 18:58 | comment | added | Joe | Wow ... okay, I'll just keep citing the Renear, Sacchi & Wicket paper (Definitions of Dataset in the Scientific and Technical Literature), in which they effective came to the conclusion that there are some similarities, but every field has their own definition. (I think your definition is more similar to earth science, which makes sense if you deal with geocoding) | |
| Dec 26, 2013 at 18:37 | comment | added | Andrew - OpenGeoCode | Here's my opinion: A dataset has a collection period (e.g., monthly, yearly) and a dissemination date (when released). A time-series of files would be considered separate datasets. A revision to an existing dataset with an new release date would be a new dataset. | |
| Dec 26, 2013 at 18:26 | comment | added | Joe | not as much as you might think ... I've been tracking language used to discuss scientific data systems, and your definition isn't clear if you'd consider a time-series of files (eg, one file per month or year) to be one dataset, or multiple datasets. | |
| Dec 26, 2013 at 18:16 | comment | added | Andrew - OpenGeoCode | A dataset is a general term for anything that is a downloadable set of records that can be parsed and imported into a database. Examples include CSV files, tab-delimited files, XML/RDF, JSON objects, etc. I hope that helps. | |
| Dec 26, 2013 at 17:57 | comment | added | Joe | I know this is an odd question ... but what do you consider a 'dataset' to be? | |
| Dec 23, 2013 at 0:44 | history | answered | Andrew - OpenGeoCode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |