BoxLab+File+Formats

BoxLab File Formats
Wherever possible, BoxLab data is stored in standard, easy-to-read file formats such as Comma-Separated Values (CSV) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Binary-formatted data also uses standard formats wherever possible, such as JPEG and WAV. Below is a description of the files currently in use by BoxLab.

Contains XML markup with basic descriptive information about the data. Double-clicking on this file will launch the current dataset in the **BoxLab Visualizer**. When loading a dataset from within BoxLabVisualizer, navigate the File Open window to select a valid .blv file to load the dataset. code format="xml"       Sample dataset contrived for illustration purposes.  2010-08-01 00:00:00.000 2010-08-31 23:59:59.999   code
 * BoxLabVisualizer Loader (*.blv)**

Used to specify run-time settings for BoxLab Visualizer that will override the application's default values for the current dataset. code format="xml"   Not Happening</RATING_NAME> <RATING_NAME VALUE = "1">Possibly</RATING_NAME> <RATING_NAME VALUE = "2">Likely</RATING_NAME> <RATING_NAME VALUE = "3">Definitely</RATING_NAME> </RATING_NAMES> </SETTINGS> code Any number of ***.settings.xml** files may be present for a given dataset, allowing users to create subsets of preferences that are easily duplicated. code format="xml" <SETTINGS> <CACHE_FOLDER VALUE = "C:\BoxLabCache\" /> <NUMBER_OF_RECENT_ANNOTATIONS VALUE = "5" /> <SHOW_META_RATINGS VALUE = "False" /> <SAVE_ANNOTATED_DATA VALUE = "False" /> </SETTINGS> code In cases where multiple files accidentally specify different values for the same settings, values from the last file loaded in alphabetical order will be used.
 * Settings File (*.settings.xml)**

Data files containing information from Object and Motion MITes, final version is merged across kiosks and hours of the day. Files are five columns with a header row:
 * Sensor Data Files (*.csv)**
 * TIME_STAMP: time of activation, for example 2009-11-10 00-02-21.249
 * SENSOR_ID: unique ID of activated sensor, for example 238
 * SENSOR_VALUE: reading of sensor at time of activation
 * SENSOR_TYPE: code indicated type of sensor activated
 * RESEND_ID: ordinal of broadcast transmission received