Data System Overview

The pollenomics data system is a tracked file tree that separates source intake, normalized evidence layers, and publication outputs.

Core Shape

• data/ holds source-owned raw and normalized material
• docs/report/ holds publication bundles derived from that tracked context
• apis/ holds frozen API contracts that describe public-facing behavior around those outputs

Why This Shape Exists

The repository needs to prove where evidence layers came from and what the current publication state was at one commit. A file-oriented system makes that history reviewable in Git instead of requiring hidden external state.

Purpose

This page gives the shortest explanation of the repository's data architecture.