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@@ -517,12 +517,12 @@ These \LaTeX{} macro files form the core skeleton of a Maneage project: as shown \subsubsection{Verification of outputs (\inlinecode{verify.mk})} \label{sec:outputverification} -Before the modular \LaTeX{} macro files of Section \ref{sec:valuesintext} are merged into the single \inlinecode{project.tex} file, they need to pass through the verification filter, which is another core principle of Maneage (\ref{principle:verify}). -Note that simply confirming the checksum of the final PDF, or figures and datasets is not generally possible: many tools write the creation date into the produced files. -To avoid such cases the raw data must be verified, independent of metadata like date. -Some standards include such features, for example, the \inlinecode{DATASUM} keyword in the FITS format \citep{pence10}. -To facilitate output verification, Maneage has the \inlinecode{verify.mk} subMakefile that is the boundary between the analytical phase of the paper, and the production of the report (see Figure \ref{fig:datalineage}). -It has some tests on pre-defined formats, and other formats can easily be added. +Before the modular \LaTeX{} macro files of Section \ref{sec:valuesintext} are merged into the single \inlinecode{project.tex} file, they need to pass through the verification filter, which implements another core principle of Maneage (\ref{principle:verify}). +Confirming the checksum of the final PDF or of figures and datasets is not generally useful: many tools write the creation date into the produced files. +To avoid this, the raw data must be verified independent of metadata like dates. +Some standards include such date-independent verification features, for example, the \inlinecode{DATASUM} keyword in the FITS format \citep{pence10}. +To facilitate output verification, Maneage has the \inlinecode{verify.mk} subMakefile that separates the analytical phase of the paper from the production of the report (see Figure \ref{fig:datalineage}). +This file implements some tests on pre-defined formats. Other formats can easily be added. \subsubsection{The analysis} \label{sec:analysis} |