input-data.md

Table S3. Input data template

Data fields provided by the researcher upon submission of data to repository (i.e. column headers). Alongside the completed Device Metadata table and Deployment Metadata table (linked by DeploymentID), this completes the submission to the repository. (CLS = Collecte Localisation Satellites)

attributeName	description	standard	format
instrumentID	Unique instrument ID. Can be the instrument serial number, or other similar identification system used by the manufacturer.		alpha-numerical, e.g. “09A0178”
deploymentID	Unique identifier for single deployment of device.
organismID	Unique identifier for an individual, links data from different deployments or instruments on the same animal.
organismIDSource	URN denoting the globally unique identifier as assigned by the repository publishing the dataset.		urn:catalog:[repository]:[institution]:[projectcode]:[OrganismID], e.g. urn:catalog:otn:Dalhousie:NSBS:Brandy

attributeName	description	standard	format
time	Timestamp of data point.	ISO-8601	Datetime in UTC, yyyy-MM-ddT HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g. “2020-03-29T 17:56:10.000Z”
latitude	Latitude of data point.	ISO 6709:2008	Decimal degrees north, -90.0000 to 90.0000
longitude	Longitude of data point.	ISO 6709:2008	Decimal degrees east, -180.0000 to 180.0000
argosLC	Argos quality class for positions retrieved from ARGOS.	CLS Argos	Categorical (G,3,2,1,0,A,B,Z)
argosErrorRadius	Error radius for location provided by CLS/Argos.	CLS Argos	meters
argosSemiMajor	Length of semi-major axis of error ellipse provided by CLS/Argos. Defaults to NA if Least-Squares Data.	CLS Argos	meters
argosSemiMinor	Length of semi-minor axis of error ellipse provided by CLS/Argos. Defaults to NA if Least-Squares Data.	CLS Argos	meters
argosOrientation	Orientation of error ellipse provided by CLS/Argos.	CLS Argos	degrees from North (heading east)
argosGDOP	Geometric Dilution of Precision provided by CLS/Argos.	CLS Argos	m/Hz
gpsSatelliteCount	The number of satellites used to estimate location (rapid acquisition GPS).		numerical e.g. “4”
residualsGPS (rapid acquisition GPS)	Measure of how well the solution provided for the location estimate matched the observed data.		Numerical e.g. "45.5"
temperatureGLS	In situ temperature measured by instrument (can be used to correct geolocation positions). Associated with depth in "Depth GLS".		numerical in °C
depthGLS	Depth of the in situ temperature measurements taken and recorded in "Temperature GLS" field.		numerical in m
sensorIType	Type of sensor contained in tag (e.g. pressure sensor, thermistor, induction cell) from Device metadata table. Can be repeated for any number of sensors (N), with Roman numeral representing sensor number (e.g. SensorI, SensorII...SensorN).		Categorical. Must reference one-to-one to a sensor type listed in Device metadata table.
sensorIMeasurement	Measurement taken by SensorI at this time and location. Can be repeated for any number of sensors (N), as specified in Device template (e.g. SensorI, SensorII,...SensorN). Units of measurement and other relevant metadata documented in Device metadata table.		Unit as specified in Device metadata table for this sensor