Optional column names

The templates for collecting and importing data in WeSIS allow for optional column names. These can be freely assigned to fit a project's needs. However, this page includes a list with suggested column names that other projects already assigned. If these names fit your column(s) please apply the same name. If they do not fit, create a new entry in the list so that other projects can adopt your suggestion. The more harmonized column names there are, the easier it will be to match and exploit this additional information in WeSIS later on.

Suggested column name	Description
comment	Any comments related to the value
quote	Column to add quotes from the source that refer to the value
url	URL of source
citation	If the source has a suggested citation you may save it here
doi	In case the source has a DOI
downloadtime	The date (note the harmonized date format!) and time the source file was downloaded