Research Data Management 101
Read this lesson. Pay attention to the lifecycle (process) of data sets. Answer the questions in this lesson.
Data lifecycle management (DLM) is the policy or process that governs organizational data use. You learned that data management is an administrative function and DLM is a process to manage and preserve that data. Remember, good DLM includes all the phases of the data lifecycle. This is essential to data-driven decisions and actions taken by organizations daily.
File Organization & File Formats
File formats: preferred examples
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Proprietary Format |
Alternative/Preferred Format |
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Excel (.xls, .xlsx) |
Comma Separated Values (.csv) ASCII |
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Word (.doc, .docx) |
plain text (.txt), XML, PDF/A, HTML, ODF or if formatting is needed, PDF/A (.pdf) |
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PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) |
PDF/A (.pdf), ODP, JPEG 2000, PDF, PNG |
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Photoshop (.psd) |
TIFF (.tif, .tiff), |
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Quicktime (.mov) |
MPEG-4 (.mp4), MOV, AVI, MXF |
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Sounds |
WAVE, AIFF |
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Containers |
TAR, GZIP, ZIP |
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Databases |
XML, CSV |