About Representation and Evaluation of the Scientific Data, Numerical and Non-Numerical Nature in the Properties of Materials Research

Abstract—The paper considers issues in presenting and assessing the quality of scientific data in the materials science domain. Problems with numerical and non-numerical data of various types are presented using examples of data on the properties of reactor materials. Difficulties encountered in the description of nominal and ordinal data types in materials science are considered. A review of existing schemes for assessing data quality and their applicability in the considered examples of real data is carried out.