Version

During the lifetime of data, starting with the raw data and ending up in the final scientific product, used for a publication, different versions of a data set may be generated. It is in the decision of the data provider which versions should be archived. In principle, the final, quality controled primary data will be the archived version. In some cases it might be usefull to store also the raw data or even versions inbetween, e.g. if the processing is complicated or was time consuming. In certain cases, it might be usefull to define extra parameters for the raw data, to better differentiate between raw and final. In any case, new parameter must be defined, if the unit is different, e.g. raw data in [counts] and final data in [%].

If a data set is published, it should not be changed or deleted (exceptions are misspellings). In case of new versions the DOI system allows to refer from a newer version to its predecessor and vice versa. Well documented this will also give the user an overview of the processing history of a data set (comparable to the revision history of articles in Wikipedia).

In some cases, a data set might also exist in an other format version, which is linked in the Other version: field
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