# README Metadata File

*This README file was generated on [YYYY-MM-DD] by [NAME]*  
*<help text in angle brackets should be deleted before finalizing your dataset>*

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## GENERAL INFORMATION

1. **Title of Dataset:**  

2. **Author Information**  
   **A. Principal Investigator Contact Information**  
   - Name:  
   - ORCID:  
   - Institution:  
   - Email:  

   **B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information**  
   - Name:  
   - ORCID:  
   - Institution:  
   - Email:  

   **C. Alternate Contact Information**  
   - Name:  
   - ORCID:  
   - Institution:  
   - Email:  

3. **Date of data collection:**  
   <provide single date, range, or approximate date; suggested format YYYY-MM-DD>

4. **Geographic location of data collection:**  
   <provide latitude, longitude, or city/region, State, Country, as appropriate>

5. **Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:**  

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## SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. **Reuse restrictions placed on the data:**  

2. **Links to publications that cite or use the data:**  

3. **Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:**  

4. **Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:**  

5. **Was data derived from another source? If yes, list source(s):**  

6. **Recommended citation for this dataset:**  

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## DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. **File List:**  
   <list all files (or folders, as appropriate for dataset organization) contained in the dataset>

2. **Relationship between files:**  

3. **Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:**  

4. **Are there multiple versions of this dataset? If yes, what files were updated and why?**  

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## METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. **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>

2. **Methods for processing the data:**  
   <describe how the submitted data were generated from the raw or collected data>

3. **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>

4. **Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:**  

5. **Environmental/experimental conditions:**  

6. **Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:**  

7. **People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:**  

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

1. **Number of variables:**  

2. **Number of cases/rows:**  

3. **Variable List:**  
   <list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s) and value labels as appropriate for each>

4. **Codes used for missing data:**  

5. **Specialized formats or other abbreviations used:**