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# GENERAL INFORMATION

* Title of Dataset: 
*provide at least two contacts*
## Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: 
ORCID:
Institution: 
Address: 
Email: 

## Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: 
ORCID:
Institution: 
Address: 
Email: 

## Author/Alternate Contact Information
Name: 
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Institution: 
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Email: 

* Date of data collection: *provide single date, range, or approximate date; suggested format YYYY-MM-DD)*
* Geographic location of data collection: *provide latitude, longitude, or city/region, State, Country*
* Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 


# SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

* Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 
* Links to publications that cite or use the data: 
* Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: 
* Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 
* Was data derived from another source?
	* If yes, list source(s): 
* Recommended citation for this dataset: 


# DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

## File List: *list all files (or folders, as appropriate for dataset organization) contained in the dataset, with a brief description*

* Relationship between files, if important: 
* Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 
* Are there multiple versions of the dataset?
	* If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: 
	* Why was the file updated? 
	* When was the file updated? 


# METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

## Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
*include links or references to publications or other documentation containing experimental design or protocols used in data collection*

## Methods for processing the data: 
*describe how the submitted data were generated from the raw or collected data*

## Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 
*include full name and version of software, and any necessary packages or libraries needed to run scripts*

*include any additional methodological information needed to interpret and/or use the data, as appropriate*
* Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 
* Environmental/experimental conditions: 
* Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: 
* People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: 


# DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME]
*repeat this section for each dataset, folder or file, as appropriate*

* Number of variables: 
* Number of cases/rows: 
* Variable List: *list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s) and value labels as appropriate for each*
* Missing data codes: *list code/symbol and definition*
* Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: