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To use standards for collection and tabulation, compare the nature or role of the data to the scope of a domain. Domain names provide short descriptions of intended scope and may be used to narrow down which domains to consider.  A domain standard may be used when the nature of the data and the domain scope are aligned. Observations will be collected using collection standards and represented as rows in tabulation datasets. Each observation is described by a series of data points which correspond to data collection fields and columns in a tabulation dataset. A data collection field and/or tabulation variable may be used when the subject matter of a data point and the scope of a field and/or variable are aligned. 

To use standards for analysis, 

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