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This proposal outlines rules for organizing, naming, and backing up lab files at University of Georgia. Guidelines include file access, naming conventions, and data backup practices for efficient data management.
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Proposal of Lab Filing, Naming, and Data Backup Rules Weilin Wang 2010-10-27 University of Georgia
Things you need to know Files means: • Experiment data • Documents • Manuscripts/Thesis/Dissertation/reports • …
Things you need to know • Files will be accessed by others • Files may not be used a long time after it is collected • Files may be moved to another directory • Files need to be filed or compressed
Naming Rules • Avoid nonsense naming • Use underscores instead of period of spaces • Include a version number, or equivalent term • Be consistent • Include all necessary information independent of where it is stored.
Naming Guidance • Include all necessary information in file name independent of where it is stored. Owner Name, Date, Purpose, Project information, Instrument info, replica # , Sample No, treatment, etc • Make a good trade off between information and brevity (up to 25 chars)
Data Backup Guidance • Backup of your data at the first time after you have collected/created it • Raw data must be filed and backed up • Backup regularly (backup data every day is not an overact) • Don’t backup everything
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