manual process to manipute spread sheet.
- spreadsheet has very limited function to search , mass edit etc.
- very slow manual process to extract and manipulate to the desired format.
- rely on eyeballing to check errors.
may not fit future metadata software chosen.
does not represent self-iterative relationship or multiple occurrence of records with the same key (e.g. aliases).

2. some initial access issue with versioning files.

3. require a decision on metadata software sooner than later.

different software may have different requirements on data and design.
e.g., superluminate will require addition input on schema design and entity-relationship infomation, i.e. a data model of the metadata database.