Interrogator metadata

Interrogator Metadata

• The Interrogator metadata contains information about the interrogator unit used for the data collection. More than one interrogator may be operating during an experiment, therefore each unit is given a unique identifier and described in individual Interrogator metadata blocks.

• Required fields (mark with an asterisk, and indicated in the tables below) interrogator_id* | manufacturer* | model* |

• Optional fields serial_number | firmware_version | comment

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interrogator_id

attributeID	interrogator_id Required
Description	Unique identifier of the interrogator unit used in the experiment, assigned by data provider. Identifier should have a maximum of 8 alphanumeric characters with no special characters (e.g., underscores, period, dash).
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Alphanumeric
Units or options	--
Example	IU001

manufacturer

attributeID	manufacturer Required
Description	Manufacturer name of the interrogator.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	Silixa

model

attributeID	model Required
Description	Model number of the interrogator.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	iDAS

serial_number

attributeID	serial_number Optional
Description	Serial number of the interrogator.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	16043

firmware_version

attributeID	firmware_version Optional
Description	Firmware version of the software used within the interrogator.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	--

comment

attributeID	comment Optional
Description	Additional comments.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	--