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# Tabular Snapshot Repository Template
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This repository is a lightweight pattern for Research Data Management (RDM) of tabular information.
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Its goal is to keep the **authoritative table in a TSV file** while also allowing users to deposit original snapshots in other formats for conversion, review, and update. This improves:
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- **Interoperability** — TSV is easy to read and process across tools and platforms
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- **Long-term accessibility** — plain text tabular data is durable
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- **Version control** — the meaningful data stays in Git
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- **Traceability** — original source files can be retained alongside the converted table
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## Why this approach
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Tabular data often arrives as spreadsheets, exports, or other proprietary formats. Converting and consolidating the information into a single TSV file gives a stable, tool-friendly representation while still preserving source snapshots for reference.
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This setup works well when you want to:
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- keep one canonical table
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- accept updates from multiple file formats
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- preserve original deposits without mixing them into the main history
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- support future migration and reuse
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This repository is also a DataLad dataset, which gives it a globally unique identifier. That identifier can be used to reliably reference the dataset itself and any metadata it contains, supporting unambiguous identification (for example in the TRR379 knowledge pool), sharing, and reuse across systems and over time.
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## Repository structure
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```text
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├── README.md
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├── table.tsv # may be renamed to match the nature of tabular information
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└── orig/
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```
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