diff --git a/ms/metadata/NVS/_site_details.JSON b/ms/metadata/NVS/_site_details.JSON
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--- a/ms/metadata/NVS/_site_details.JSON
+++ b/ms/metadata/NVS/_site_details.JSON
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
-{
-	"contact":{
-		"name": "Daniel Laughlin",
-		"email": "d.laughlin@waikato.ac.nz",
- 		"affiliation": "Plant Ecology, University of Waikato"
- 	},
-  	"agreement": "Data use agreement between Georges Kunstler and Daniel Laughlin/Sarah Richardson. \n\n A data use agreement is a formality to clarify expectations around data use for a specific purpose. In this instance it covers the supply of plant trait data to Georges Kunstler from Daniel Laughlin and Sarah Richardson. \n The specific purpose is a workshop organised by Georges Kunstler, Mark Westoby and Daniel Falster, and resulting publications. The workshop will test whether plant traits predict tree competition and will be held in Sydney in September 2013. The analysis will be undertaken by Georges prior to the workshop and by Daniel while at the workshop. The need for a data use agreement arises because the cost of collecting and managing primary data has to be recouped by individual researchers and their institutes through the publication of research articles. To ensure a rewarding collaboration for all parties, we suggest the following conditions for the use of plant trait data for this workshop and analysis: \n\n 1. These data can only be used for the purposes of this workshop and analysis. \n 2. The raw data may only be used by Georges Kunstler, and his co-worker involved in the project, and will not be shared among other researchers at the workshop or any other third party without written permission. \n3. The raw data will not be published.
-
-For the tree data from NVS: 	The New Zealand Vegetation Survey Databank for forests.   
-Permission to use this data have been  sought by Daniel Laughlin  from data owners.  
-",
- 	"dataset": {
-	"name": "NVS",
- 	"country": "New Zealand",
- 	"climate": "",
- 	"vegetation type": "",
- 	"latitude":  -1,
- 	"longitude": -1,
- 	"minimum tree size": "",
- 	"history": "",
- 	"field methodology": "",
- 	"trait information": ""
- 	 },
- 	"references": ["",""],
- 	"files":{
-	"nz_plotinfo_130801.csv":{
-		"sep":"c",
-		"contents":""},
-	"nz_traits_130801.csv":{
-		"sep":"c",
-		"contents":""},
-	"nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv":{
-		"sep":"c",
-		"contents":""	}
-	}
- }
+{
+	"contact":{
+		"name": "Daniel Laughlin",
+		"email": "d.laughlin@waikato.ac.nz",
+ 		"affiliation": "Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato"
+ 	},
+  	"agreement": "Data use agreement between Georges Kunstler and Daniel Laughlin/Sarah Richardson. \n\n A data use agreement is a formality to clarify expectations around data use for a specific purpose. In this instance it covers the supply of plant trait data to Georges Kunstler from Daniel Laughlin and Sarah Richardson. \n The specific purpose is a workshop organised by Georges Kunstler, Mark Westoby and Daniel Falster, and resulting publications. The workshop will test whether plant traits predict tree competition and will be held in Sydney in September 2013. The analysis will be undertaken by Georges prior to the workshop and by Daniel while at the workshop. The need for a data use agreement arises because the cost of collecting and managing primary data has to be recouped by individual researchers and their institutes through the publication of research articles. To ensure a rewarding collaboration for all parties, we suggest the following conditions for the use of plant trait data for this workshop and analysis: \n\n 1. These data can only be used for the purposes of this workshop and analysis. \n 2. The raw data may only be used by Georges Kunstler, and his co-worker involved in the project, and will not be shared among other researchers at the workshop or any other third party without written permission. \n3. The raw data will not be published.
+
+For the tree data from NVS: 	The New Zealand Vegetation Survey Databank for forests.   
+Permission to use this data have been  sought by Daniel Laughlin  from data owners.  
+",
+ 	"dataset": {
+	"name": "National Vegetation Survey of New Zealand",
+ 	"country": "New Zealand",
+ 	"climate": "Temperate",
+ 	"vegetation type": "Temperate rainforest",
+ 	"latitude":  -41.286,
+ 	"longitude": 174.77,
+ 	"minimum tree size": "2.5 cm dbh",
+ 	"history": "New Zealand spans a broad range of forests from warm temperate lowland rainforests to subalpine cool temperate rainforest (Wardle 1991). Data from permanent forest inventory plots have been centralised into a database called the National Vegetation Survey Databank and are managed by Landcare Research.",
+ 	"field methodology": "The diameter at breast height (dbh) of all trees > 2.5 cm dbh were measured in the 20x20 m forest inventory plots, generally following the protocols detailed in Hurst and Allen (2007).",
+ 	"trait information": "Trait data were collected opportunistically across many sites throughout New Zealand, generally following the measurement methodology of Cornelissen et al. (2003). Leaf mass per area (LMA) was measured on fully-grown, healthy, sunlit leaves, when such leaves were available to collect using shotguns or telescoping pole pruners. Leaf nitrogen concentration was measured on dried and ground fresh leaf samples. Leaf material was oven-dried at 60deg C for 48 hours and total nitrogen (N) was determined using the acid digest and colorimetric methods of Blakemore et al. (1987). Seed mass was measured using oven-dried seeds stored in the Allen Herbarium. Wood density was collected on wood samples collected from boles of trees, where fresh volume was estimated by water displacement or from the known volume of the device (21 mm auger) used to extract the wood. Maximum height data was extracted from local floras."
+ 	 },
+ 	"references": ["Wardle, P. (1991) Vegetation of New Zealand, edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge."," Hurst, J. M. & Allen, R. B. (2007) A permanent plot method for monitoring indigenous forest - field protocols.  (ed. by L. Landcare Research, New Zealand)."," Cornelissen, J. H. C., Lavorel, S., Garnier, E., Az, S., Buchmann, N., Gurvich, D. E., Reich, P. B., Steege, H. T., Morgan, H. D., Heijden, M. G. a. V. D., Pausas, J. G. & Poorter, H. (2003) A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany, 51, 335-380."," Blakemore, L.C.; Searle, P.L.; Daly, B.K. 1987. Methods for Chemical Analysis of Soils. New Zealand Soil Bureau Scientific Report 80. 103 p."],
+ 	"files":{
+	"nz_plotinfo_130801.csv":{
+		"sep":"c",
+		"contents":""},
+	"nz_traits_130801.csv":{
+		"sep":"c",
+		"contents":""},
+	"nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv":{
+		"sep":"c",
+		"contents":""	}
+	}
+ }
+
diff --git a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_plotinfo_130801.csv b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_plotinfo_130801.csv
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index 5663d91d7aea2c68e42a498ec378f8a363cf5257..8bbaf4fd9483baa59d976c848caa9972953d54ff
--- a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_plotinfo_130801.csv
+++ b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_plotinfo_130801.csv
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-use,var,units,description
-0,ID,,
-0,plid,,
-0,SRMTFilename,,
-0,Easting,,
-0,Northing,,
-0,Locality,,
-0,solrad,,
-0,vpdoct,,
-0,map,,
-0,humidity,,
-0,mat,,
-0,BroadClass,,
-0,SpecificClass,,
+use,var,units,description
+0,ID,integer,unique sequential number
+0,plid,,unique plot id
+0,SRMTFilename,,survey file name
+0,Easting,m,"GeoCoordSyst: New_Zealand_1949 , Datum: NZ 1949, New Zealand Map Grid"
+0,Northing,m,"GeoCoordSyst: New_Zealand_1949 , Datum: NZ 1949, New Zealand Map Grid"
+0,Locality,,site name
+0,solrad,MJ/m2/day,solar radiation
+0,vpdoct,kPa,October vapour pressure deficit
+0,map,mm,mean annual precipitation
+0,humidity,per,mean percent relative humidity
+0,mat,degrees C,mean annual temperature
+0,BroadClass,,broad potential vegetation classification
+0,SpecificClass,,specific potential vegetation classification
diff --git a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_traits_130801.csv b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_traits_130801.csv
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index 5156229c2e15170e05418fa27b5da187a00a7cf7..76eb1b4e5157a68154e6d932fa34b23903f330d6
--- a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_traits_130801.csv
+++ b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_traits_130801.csv
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use,var,units,description
-0,X,,
-0,SpeciesCode,,
-0,lma.gm2,g/m2,leaf mass per area
-0,leafn,,leaf nitrogen content
-0,height.m,m,height
-0,wood,,wood density
-0,seed.mg,mg,seed mass
+use,var,units,description
+0,X,integer,unique number
+0,SpeciesCode,,"First three letters genus, first three letters species"
+0,lma.gm2,g/m2,leaf mass per area
+0,leafn,per,leaf nitrogen content
+0,height.m,m,height
+0,wood,mg/mm3,wood density
+0,seed.mg,mg,seed mass
diff --git a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv
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index 251fc4e3a33e321770212dd9aeb2cd6166be3c95..92775e5308387d7a20c1dae9b07f6735b1a4aa87
--- a/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv
+++ b/ms/metadata/NVS/files/nz_treedata_growth_130801.csv
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-use,var,units,description
-0,X,,
-0,surv,,Plots were established along randomly directed lines within river catchments (=surveys)#
-0,plid,,names of plots are pasted on to the end of the survey name
-0,tag,,unique tag code for each tree is pasted on to the end of the plotid
-0,sp,,"species code.  First 3 letters gives genus, second 3 letters species."
-0,t0,,the years in which measurements were taken.  This varies among surveys (should usually be the same within a survey)
-0,t1,,the years in which measurements were taken.  This varies among surveys (should usually be the same within a survey)
-0,D0,,"stem diameter (cm) at D0.  Missing initial value indicates a recruit, missing final value indicates a death. "
-0,D1,,"stem diameter (cm) at D0.  Missing initial value indicates a recruit, missing final value indicates a death. "
-0,GF,,"growth form (canopy tree CT, SH = Shrub or UT= understorey trees)"
\ No newline at end of file
+use,var,units,description
+0,X,,
+0,surv,,Plots were established along randomly directed lines within river catchments (=surveys)
+0,plid,,names of plots are pasted on to the end of the survey name
+0,tag,,unique tag code for each tree is pasted on to the end of the plotid
+0,sp,,"species code.  First 3 letters gives genus, second 3 letters species."
+0,t0,year,the years in which measurements were taken.  This varies among surveys (should usually be the same within a survey)
+0,t1,year,the years in which measurements were taken.  This varies among surveys (should usually be the same within a survey)
+0,D0,cm dbh,"stem diameter (cm) at D0.  Missing initial value indicates a recruit, missing final value indicates a death. "
+0,D1,cm dbh,"stem diameter (cm) at D0.  Missing initial value indicates a recruit, missing final value indicates a death. "
+0,GF,,"growth form (canopy tree CT, SH = Shrub or UT= understorey trees)"