Frequently Asked Questions

Below are some of the frequently asked questions about Solidipes. If you have any other question that is not answered here, please raise an issue on GitLab and tag it with the label “question”.

What is Solidipes for?

It is a user interface that allows you to visualize and upload large data sets for researchers by creating a web interface.

Solidipes curates the data and signals errors in extension incompatibilities, missing headers etc.

The project can then be uploaded onto Zenodo, where other researchers can download the data with the relevant information associated to the data collection.

Is Solidipes only available for Linux?

It is recommended to use Linux, as other OS have not yet been tested.

In later stages it might get tested for Windows and MacOS.

Is there an upload size limit?

Zenodo limits the dataset size to 50GB. For larger uploads, you can contact Zenodo directly.

One of my files is loaded as binary

When a file format is not recognized by Solidipes, it is loaded as a binary file by default, and displayed as such. The list of existing Loaders and their associated supported file types are listed in the developer section. If you wish to write custom Loaders and Viewers for your own file types, please refer to the developer section.

Enabling command auto-completion

If you plan to use the solidipes command in a terminal, we recommend enabling auto-completion. If you are using bash or zsh as your shell, you can enable <Tab> completion by running:

solidipes install-completion

You may need to run this command with the --user or --sudo flag:

solidipes install-completion --user
# or
solidipes install-completion --sudo

How do I reinitialize a study if the .solidipes folder already exists?

If the study .solidipes directory already exists, you can reinitialize the study by running:

solidipes init --force

This will recreate the study metadata file study_metadata.yaml.

The study_metadata.yml file contains metadata about the study, such as the name of the study, authors, and description. You can edit this file to add or modify study metadata.