data/template_metadata.yaml

citationKey: # Unique identifier in the format: LastnameYearJOURNAL (journal may be abbreviated)
doi:  # DOI of the publication where data is published
entryAuthor: # First and last name of the person who entered the data in this file
entryCreationDate: # Date when the data was entered in this file. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
contactName:  # First and last name of contact person (may be the principal investigator supervising the entryAuthor)
contactEmail: # Email of the contact person
entryNote: # Any notes or comments related to this entry.
study:  # Overall study description

siteInfo:
        site: # Names of individual sites, if one site, keep on this line, if multiple, use array format
# These fields should be arrays of equal length to site array
        coordinates:
          latitude: # Latitude in decimal units (check for negative that denotes southern hemisphere)
          longitude: # Longitude in decimal units (check for negative that denotes western hemisphere)
        country: # Name of country where site was conducted
        MAT: # Mean annual temperature in degrees Celsius
        MAP: # Mean annual precipitation in mm
        elevation: # Elevation of study site in meters above sea level
        landCover: # Land cover of the site. Valid fields are: bare, cultivated, forest, rangeland/grassland, shrubland, urban, wetland, tundra
        vegNote: # Additional details about land cover such as species or functional type composition
        soilTaxonomy:
          soilOrder: # Soil order according to the classification system described below
          soilFamily: # Soil family description (ex. 'Eutric' for a Eutric Cambisol)
          soilSeries: # Soil series according to the classification system described below
          classificationSystem: # Name of classification system used. Valid fields are: USDA, FAO, and WRB.
        permafrost:
          permafrostExist: # Yes or blank if no (if yes, permafrost must exist at the site)
          activeLayer: # Depth of the active layer in meters

incubationInfo:
        incDesc: # Short description of the incubation setup and main treatments
# These fields should all be one dimensional arrays. Values for experimental variables with multiple treatment levels should be entered in the variables section and left blank here
        depthInfo: # Soil depth in cm. If only one depth listed instead of range, enter as midDepth. By default 0 is defined as organic/mineral interface. If reported otherwise enter "yes" under the surfaceAtm field. If multiple depths analyzed leave blank and specify depths in variables section.
          top:
          bottom:
          midDepth:
          surfaceAtm: # blank if zero is organic/mineral interface, yes if zero is atmospheric interface
          horizon: # soil horizon designation
        temperature: # Temperature at which incubations were performed in Celsius. If temperature is an experimental treatment with multiple levels leave blank and specify in variables section
        # Use 'moisture' as a template for any additional treatments imposed. For example, if amendments were added for a priming experiment, the treatmentName 'moisture' would be replaced with 'amendment', 'value' could be set to 'glucose' (or whatever amendment was added), and 'units' could be set to 'mgC/g soilC'.
        moisture: # Moisture conditions at which incubations were performed.
          value: # If moisture is an experimental treatment with multiple levels leave blank and specify in variables section
          units: # Valid fields are: percentGWC, percentFieldCapacity, percentWaterFilledPoreSpace
        anaerobic: # Yes if headspace flushed with N2 or He, blank if aerobic
        gasMeasured: # Blank if CO2, Other valid entries are: CH4, N2O, 13CO2, 14CO2, 13CH4, etc. Leave blank if multiple gases measured and specify in variables section
        replicates:
          value: # Number of replicates per treatment
          type: # Valid fields are: field or lab
        incubationTime: # length of incubation in days
        preincubationTime: # Pre-incubation time in days
        samplePreparation:
          intactCore: # yes or no
          sieving: # no, or mesh size in mm
          rootPicking: # yes or no
          rockPicking: # yes or no
        gasAnalyzer: # Gas analysis equipment used

variables: # These describe the columns of your timeSeries.csv file
        V1: # column 1
          name: # Name of first variable in the accompanying timeSeries.csv data file. The first variable must always be time.
          units: # Time units used in accompanying file. Usually "d" for days
        V2: # column 2
          name: # Name of second variable in accompanying file
          varDesc: # Description of the variable
          site: # Site where the incubated sample was collected
          experimentalTreatment: # 'experimentalTreatment' here is a place holder for treatments with multiple levels. Replace this word by any of the listed variables in incubationInfo above (temperature, moisture, etc.) and type treatment value (level) after colon. Note that units should be specified in the incubationInfo field above.
          gasMeasured: # Blank if CO2, Other valid fields are: CH4, N2O, 13CO2, 14CO2, 13CH4, etc
          units: # Units for 'gasMeasured' field
          statistic: # Leave blank if mean values. Other valid fields include: SD, SE, and none (if a single rep)
          primaryVariableName: # Links variable with associated time series data collected on the same sample e.g. SD data or 13C-CO2 data associated with mean CO2 data. Leave blank if there are no associated variables