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Memo CP-E/120 (Revised)
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October 4, 2007
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OTSUKA Naohiko and Hans Henriksson
Plotting flags in Archive Dictionary 24 (Data headings)

Columns 50 to 56 of Archive dictionary 24 are used for plotting flags. These flags inform us therole of headings in plotting (independent variable or dependent variable? data point or error bar?
etc.). The current rule of these 7 columns however does not cover minimum, maximum,approximate, uncertainty and resolution of one of multiple variables (E1, ANG1, etc). We would
like to propose a revision of the rule.

Our current rule for these 7 columns is as follows (See more detail in the dictionary manual
prepared by Schwerer in August, 2007.):

Distribution:
S. Babykina, CAJaD
S. Dunaeva, NDS
A. Hasegawa, NEA-DB

A. Blokhin, CJD
J.H. Chang, KAERIS. Ganesan, BARC
Z.G. Ge, CNDC
H. Henriksson, NEA-DB M. Herman, NNDC

J. Katakura, JAEA
V.N. Manokhin, CJD
A. Nichols, NDS
A. Ohnishi, JCPRG
O. Schwerer, NDS
V. Varlamov, CDFE
V. Zerkin, NDS

K. Katō, JCPRG
V. McLane, NNDC
C. Nordborg, NEA-DB
N. Otuka, JCPRG
S. Tákacs, ATOMKI
M. Vlasov, KINR
Y.X. Zhuang, CNDC

Y.O. Lee, KAERI
A. Mengoni NDS
P. Obložinský, NNDC
V. Pronyaev, CJD
S. Taova, VNIIEF
M. Wirtz, NDS
EXFOR, NEA-DB

M. Chiba, JCPRG
O. Gritzay, KINRA. Kaltchenko, KINRｑ
S. Maev, CJD
M. Mikhaylyukova, CJD
Y. Ohbayasi, JCPRG
D. Rochman, NNDC
T. Tárkányi, ATOMKI
H.W. Yu, CNDC

Column number
Independent
Dependent
variablevariable
50
53

51

54

52

55

1:value
2:minimum
3:maximum
4:approximate
5:one of multiple variable
1:numerator
2:denominator

9: uncertainty or resolution

1:+error
2:+resolution
3:+half resolution
4:+statistical error
5:+partial error
1:-error
2:-resolution
3:-half resolution
4:-statistical error
5:-partial error

1:CM56However, it is impossible to express minimum, maximum, approximate, uncertainty andresolution of one of multiple variables (E1, ANG1, etc) in the current rule.
Example:Column #E
E-MAX

50
13E-CM
E-ERR+E-ERR-E-ERR
E-RSL
DATA
DATA-ERR
ERR-S
ERR-1
E1
E1-MAX
E1-ERR

1999951

52

1
1

153

54

55

56

1

2

1
2
1
9
9
9

1
4
5

1
4
55???
???

The last two examples show that we cannot express uncertainty or resolution of “one of multiplevariable” cannot express in the current rule.

Proposal
Option 1: Delete “one of multiple variables”
E1, E2, ANG1, ANG2,… is “one of multiple variable” in the current rule. However E, ANG,…
can also be “one of multiple variable” (Example: E and ANG in double differential cross section).
Therefore deletion of “one of multiple variables” is one option.
Column number
Independent Dependent
variablevariable
50
53

51

54

52

55

1:value
2:minimum
3:maximum
4:approximate
5:one of multiple
variables
1:numerator
2:denominator

9:uncertainty or resolution

1:+error
2:+resolution
3:+half resolution
4:+statistical error
5:+partial error
1:-error
2:-resolution
3:-half resolution
4:-statistical error
5:-partial error

1:CM

56

Below is an example of plotting flags according the first option:Column #E
E-MAX
E-CM
E-ERR+E-ERR-E-ERR
E-RSL
DATA
DATA-ERR
ERR-S
ERR-1
E1
E1-MAX
E1-ERR

50
13
1999951

52

1
1

15355

56
12

12
199913954

11145

145Option 2: Keep “one of multiple variables” category
We never met “minimum error”, “maximum error” and “approximate error” etc. (e.g. ANGERR-MAX, ANG-RSL-MIN, …). Therefore the following scheme covers all headings in
dictionary 24 (One exception: E-NM-ERR cannot be expressed by this second option.).
Column number
Independent Dependent
variablevariable
50
53

51

54

52

55

1:value
2:one of multiple
variables
1:numerator
2:denominator

8:uncertainty or resolution for value
9:uncertainty or resolution for one ofmultiple variables
1:+error
2:+resolution
3:+half resolution
4:+statistical error
5:+partial error
1:-error2:-resolution
3:-half resolution
4:-statistical error
5:-partial error

1:minimum
2:maximum
3:approximate

1:CM

56

Below is an example of plotting flags according the second option:Column #E
E-MAX
E-CM
E-ERR+E-ERR-E-ERR
E-RSL
DATA
DATA-ERR
ERR-S
ERR-1
E1
E1-MAX
E1-ERR

50
1
11999951

52

53

55

56

2
1112

1
12
1
99922854

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