WHOI Mass Spec Data entry, Edited May 2008, DRO
Preparation Field
Within the field are semi-colon (";") separate “tags” that give the user a great deal of flexibility in
describing the specimen. You may use any, all or none of the “tags”, as your data requires. We have
adopted the convention of describing each “tag” followed by a colon and a “description” as follows:
Tag:description
The tags currently allowable are described in the following section, along with their use. A rule-of-thumb
here is lower case tokens indicate system tags whereas upper case tags indicate a user parameter.
a:archive
Mostly used for ODP archive vs. working samples
c:comment
Multiple comments may be used, up to 256 characters
D:depth
Core depth, in meters.
f:size_fraction categorization of the specimen size distribution, usually entered in the forms e.g. 250500, <250, >500. Try not to use embedded spaces.
n:count
count of number of specimens.
o:operator
p:
Initials of the person loading the carousel at WHOI. Identifiers may be
no more than four characters in length. We prefer three characters.
identifies the use of pyrite. No string is necessary.
I:information
user assigned ID number or string- Note the identifier may contain both letters and
numbers, the only constraint being that it may not use semi-colons, colons or commas.
Q:quality a user assigned integer quality value to the specimen. The
Convention is 0:good (default) to 9:very bad.
R:requestor
s:
Initials of the person whose samples are in the carousel. Identifiers may be no more than
four characters in length. We prefer three characters.
identifies sonification. No string is necessary.
u:units
is the identifier assigned to describe the units associated with the Core-Depth field which
contains the distance taken from the top of the core in centimeters ("cm"). Other two character identifiers
could be used, e.g. "m." (meters), "mm", "ft", "in", etc. If the sample was take from a depth of 4 to 6
centimeters the value entry must be constructed as "4-6". The hyphen must be used.
U:units
specifies some special units of measurement associated with
the users value of measurement. Length is limited to 16 characters.
V:value_string a user specified value associated with the specimen. The string
may be no longet than 32 characters. The units are as described in the U: token.
X:longitude denotes the decimal degrees of longitude of the position from which the specimen was taken.
East of Greenwich is positive and the allowable range is -180 to +180. West is negative.
Y:latitude denotes the decimal degrees of latitude of the position from which the specimen was taken.
North of the equator is positive and the allowable range is -90 to +90. South is negative.
Examples of data entry
Core Depth:
Enter the weight for standards ( eg. 94)
or
Enter the depth (eg. 105)
or
Enter the depth range (eg. 95-97)
Cruise-Core
Enter the Cruise-Core
KNR166-2-94MC-A
1024C-15H-02
Genus. species
Enter the genus and species (eg. G. ruber-w or N. pachy-L)
or
Standard information (powder standard)
Preparation
Many items can be strung together and are separated by a semicolon
for example
R:WBC;o:DRO;u:cm;f:125-150;s:;n:10
these are Curry samples loaded by ostermann, depth in cm, fraction 125-150, sonicated, n=10
NOTE: enter the things which may change, like n;10, last in the list for ease of editing
u:
f:
n:
s:
p:
c:
o:
R:
units (in core depth)
size fraction
number of specimens
sonicated
pyrite present
comment
operator
requestor
u:cm or u:ft
f:125-150 or f:>250
n:10
s:
p:
c: these were very dirty bugs in general
o:DRO
R:WBC (the PI who is paying)
V:
U:
weight (for instance)
“V” units
V:527
U:ug
PI supplied ID number or string
PI supplied weight or other info
“V” units
Archive
I:5 or I:PT10039
V:52
U:ug - eg. 52 ug
usually used with ODP samples
OR
I:
V:
U:
a: