Intern:Tables

During data archaeology projects, data from tables printed in publications are converted to the import format and archived a supplement.


 * convert abstract to ascii-text and proofread
 * add latitude/longitude in decimal degree; if missing in paper, use google earth in comparaison with published map to find out positions
 * resolve abbreviations and substitute full text instead
 * remove any special non-asccii characters
 * convert all depth parameter to unit meter
 * convert all age parameter to unit kiloyear
 * write date/time in ISO or excel format
 * calculate mean depth if only top and bottom are given
 * add first column with header Event label
 * no other characters in columns with numeric values (quality flags are allowed)
 * submit new supplements as one issue per publication

see also ...

 * Polarforschung
 * Talk:Project_data_management/IODP