Organisation
Data, DSD, dict:
- data/ … contains the observations in DataCube
- dsd/ … contains the Data Structure Definition (DSD) in DataCube
- dic/ … contains the dictionaries DataCube
Walkthrough Example
In the following, we use the Equidae (annual data) (apro_mt_lsequi) dataset throughout to demonstrate all features available. In a simple, tabular rendering it looks as follows - click on the figure to get to a Google Docs spreadsheet:
We have a dataset with four dimensions here: livstock, unit, geo and time. Now, how to make sense of this? First, we could inspect the metadata for a dimension to learn more about it. This is what the DSD captures: FIG.
Observations/DataCube
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