Audit repeated greenhouse events

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Why a Dataset Needs Its Own Instructions

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A dataset can outlive the people who remember how it was collected. When collection details disappear, later users may mistake a convenient table for a complete description of a population.

Sources for this history

Gebru and colleagues: Datasheets for Datasets
Microsoft Research: Data documentation

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