# Phase 2 — Data Consolidation & Cleaning

This folder is designated for establishing the **National Unified Data Standards** for the `Visitor Operations` branch.

## Activities
- **Standardize IDs**: Animal IDs, reserve IDs, sample IDs, accession IDs.
- **Clean Data**: De-duplication, taxonomy cleanup, mapping invalid coordinates.
- **Centralize Storage**: Define staging models to move from disconnected files to the data warehouse.

## Standards Defined
- Record unified dictionaries and metadata schemas here.