Document and upload structural metadata

Owned by Courtney Irwin (Unlicensed)
Dec 02, 2021
1 min read

Structural metadata describes the variables within a dataset and how they are organised.

We recommend you provide a data dictionary of structural metadata, describing what each of the attributes within your dataset is (data elements: commonly the columns in your table), and where they are locations (within data classes: commonly the table or file names).

If you’d like to understand more about structural metadata, please see these useful articles:

The page below shows the structural metadata page of the onboarder tool, including the guidance, the template download button, and the upload functionality.

The steps for completing structural metadata are:

  1. Download the template file, which is also available on the Onboarder via the “Download Excel Data Dictionary Template” button

2. Complete the template

3. Upload the template using the “Upload Structural Metadata” function below