Template:Mbalducc Shared Week 5

1. The core competency that I'm most familiar with/ skilled in is probably Metadata. I think that I've gained familiarity with this by doing labs at school where every detail about data collected is important. I've learned that it's important to have as much information about the data as possible in order to fully understand the data itself. When doing experiments, every detail matters to make sure that the results are as trustworthy as possible. From this, I think I have some skill in making sure all details are known about the data I'm collecting. That said, I'm sure there are definitely aspects to this which I'm not good at and would be interested in learning more.
2. A core competency that I'd like to become more familiar with is data preservation. I know that it is important to make sure the data is well preserved, otherwise it becomes useless. I'd like to know how to do this well, so that I can be sure that my data or someone else's data that I'm viewing is safe. I'm especially unfamiliar with data preservation in the world of computers, I do not know which ways are the best to save or protect data, so if I had important data I would not feel secure that I saved it accurately right now. This is why I'd like to become better at this.