Slot: Source Native Format (source_native_format)

Format the source ships in.

Tier: recommended

Why this slot matters

The shipping format determines which tools can read the source and what metadata survives; knowing it lets others rebuild the same extraction pipeline and anticipate format-specific quirks.

In plain terms

Scientific data comes packaged in different file types (NetCDF, GeoTIFF, CSV, and others), a bit like documents come as PDF or Word. This records which package the producer ships.

URI: envar:slot/source_native_format

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
SourceDataset	The upstream gridded / station product the exposure values originate from	no

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	SourceNativeFormatEnum
Domain Of	SourceDataset

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value

Examples

Value
netcdf4_cf

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property	value
tier	recommended
justification	The shipping format determines which tools can read the source and what metadata survives; knowing it lets others rebuild the same extraction pipeline and anticipate format-specific quirks.
explanation	Scientific data comes packaged in different file types (NetCDF, GeoTIFF, CSV, and others), a bit like documents come as PDF or Word. This records which package the producer ships.
covered_by	None

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	envar:source_native_format
native	envar:source_native_format

LinkML Source

name: source_native_format
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: recommended
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: The shipping format determines which tools can read the source and what
      metadata survives; knowing it lets others rebuild the same extraction pipeline
      and anticipate format-specific quirks.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: Scientific data comes packaged in different file types (NetCDF, GeoTIFF,
      CSV, and others), a bit like documents come as PDF or Word. This records which
      package the producer ships.
  covered_by:
    tag: covered_by
    annotations:
      omop_gaia:
        tag: omop_gaia
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: meta_etl_*.json structure/geometry (raster); gaia_db data_source.geom_type
          note:
            tag: note
            value: GAIA records dataset structure (raster) and geometry type but not
              the native file format (e.g. NetCDF-4/CF) as a first-class slot.
      degauss:
        tag: degauss
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: DeGAUSS records no source native format.
      amadeus:
        tag: amadeus
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: gridmet_tmmx.cf_metadata.json (CF metadata implies NetCDF)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Amadeus's CF metadata blob implies the NetCDF/CF native format
              but does not declare it in a dedicated format field.
      cher:
        tag: cher
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: full
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: table_dictionary resource_format (IANA Media Types controlled vocab)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: C-HER carries resource_format first-class against the IANA Media
              Types controlled vocabulary.
      codata:
        tag: codata
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: out_of_layer
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Native shipping format is a packaging/discovery concern above the
              DDI-CDI InstanceVariable layer CODATA scores.
description: Format the source ships in.
title: Source Native Format
examples:
- value: netcdf4_cf
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- SourceDataset
range: SourceNativeFormatEnum