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cord-297811-8gyejoc5	Finnie, Thomas J.R.	EpiJSON: A unified data-format for epidemiology	2015-12-29		.txt	text/plain	4892	265	58	We introduce 'EpiJSON', a new, flexible, and standards-compliant format for the interchange of epidemiological data using JavaScript Object Notation. With this and the common morphology of a dataset in mind, we propose a standard for the storage and transmission of data for infectious disease epidemiology: EpiJSON (Epidemiological JavaScript Object Notation). Fundamentally, the structure of an EpiJSON file consists of three levels that we term "metadata", "records" and "events" (Fig. 2) . An "attribute" object is used for storing unambiguously a discrete piece of information, recording not only the value of the data but also its name, type and units. It provides a variety of functions that can convert data to each of the levels within EpiJSON (metadata, attributes, records, events and objects). In EpiJSON we provide a well-understood file structure with a verifiable format for storing and exchanging epidemiological data.	./cache/cord-297811-8gyejoc5.txt	./txt/cord-297811-8gyejoc5.txt