Table 1 This table has one row for each specified type of target, along with the data type associated with that target (for database storage) and ground truth observations of that target.

From: The Zoltar forecast archive, a tool to standardize and store interdisciplinary prediction research

target type

data type

obs type

Prediction Elements

point

bin

sample

quantile

named

continuous

float

float

x

x

x

x

x

discrete

int

int

x

x

x

x

x

binary

boolean

boolean

x

x

x

—

—

date

date

date

x

x

x

x

—

nominal

text

single text value

x

x

x

—

—

  1. The target_type field is specified for each target by the user. This specification then unambiguously determines the data_type and the valid Prediction Elements. Valid prediction elements are indicated by an x in the table cell and invalid prediction elements are indicated by a —.