* Sample EAV data file attribute value ------ --------------------- ----- 1 Orbit 19992 1 Cloud_Cover 0 1 Sun_Elevation 48.8 1 Coherent_Noise "N" 2 Sun_Elevation 48.9 2 Map_Projection "UTM" 2 Scan_Correlated_Shift "N" * Selecting files requires queries based on the metadata. file Orbit Sun_Elevation Cloud_Cover Coherent_Noise Map_Projection Scan_Correlated_Shift ------ ----- ------------- ----------- -------------- -------------- --------------------- 1 19992 48.8 0 "N" 2 48.9 "N" UTM "N" * List of attributes must be flexible * Complex relationships between attributes. * Relationships between attributes must be flexible. * Querying based on pivoted columns must be possible. * Note: there is redundancy in the unpivoted table.