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Should a paleoclimate dataset necessarily contain paleodata information? -- Deborah Khider (talk) 12:07, 6 October 2016 (PDT)
In the LinkedEarth context, PaleoData refers to the y-axis of the dataset. It contains the information about the environment. The question remains: could a paleoclimate dataset not contain information about climate?
This seems paradoxical but we all do exploratory work on archive, perhaps obtaining a few dates to see if the samples correspond to a period of time we're interested in studying. These measurements fall under the chronology information of the archive but could be valuable down the line.
Should a paleoclimate dataset necessarily contain age information? -- Deborah Khider (talk) 13:41, 6 October 2016 (PDT)
For the same reason as stated in the paleoclimate discussion above, a dataset may not contain any chronological information. For instance, the PI may have done preliminary work on the archive. Should such a dataset end up on the wiki?
