Balisage Paper: Human Readability of Data Files

Balisage: The Markup Conference 2022
August 1 - 5, 2022

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Slides and Materials

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Gryk, Michael R. Deconstructing the STAR File Format. Presented at Balisage: The Markup Conference 2021, Washington, DC, August 2 - 6, 2021. In Proceedings of Balisage: The Markup Conference 2021. Balisage Series on Markup Technologies, vol. 26 (2021). doi:https://doi.org/10.4242/BalisageVol26.Gryk01

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Hall, S.R. The STAR File: A New Format for Electronic Data Transfer and Archiving. J. Chem. Inf. Comput., 31, 326-333 (1991). doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/ci00002a020

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Wrightson, A. Semantics of Well Formed XML as a Human and Machine Readable Language: Why is some XML so difficult to read? Proceedings of Extreme Markup Languages 2005, 2005.

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Flesch, R. A new readability yardstick. Journal of Applied Psychology, 32, 221–233 (1948). doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/h0057532

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Seuss. Green Eggs and Ham. New York, NY: Beginner Books, 1960.

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Fry, Edward. A Readability Formula That Saves Time. Journal of Reading, 11, 513-578 (1968).

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McLaughlin, G.H. SMOG Grading — A New Readability Formula. Journal of Reading, 12, 639-646, (1969).

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Ulrich, E.L., Akutsu, H., Doreleijers, J.F., Harano, Y., Ioannidis, Y.E., Lin, J., Livny, M., Mading, S., Maziuk, D., Miller, Z., Nakatani, E., Schulte, C.F., Tolmie, D.E., Wenger, R.K., Yao, H. & Markley, J.L. BioMagResBank. Nucleic Acids Research, 36, D402–D408 (2008). doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkm957

Author's keywords for this paper:
Human Readability; Data Formats; Metrics