Description
Research data management starts with two critical element: how to store the information about research in a systematic way and what to store. The former is often shifted to database solutions without much ado, the latter requires common templates to be constructed for each experiment types. Though database solutions provide a searchable record, they often comes with multiple problems as well. Either they require a very strict table model, or on the contrary they accept any content in a free style manner.
Here we propose a simple alternative to maintain data in a reusable way on a local computer, utilizing the file system instead of a DB. A simple program provides a restricted file manager focusing on one main folder for storing data in its internal tree and uses YAML formatted templates to offer forms to record any experiments. The program does not interfere with how the user stores or handles the raw data, but allow for linking any of those files into the records.
| Full name | Tamás Haraszti |
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