Consider a revised metadata structure to keep everything in one file and providing more information so that users only have to look in one place.
{
namespace: <namespace>,
tree_id: <tree_id>,
tree_type: <tree_type>,
seed: <seed>,
config_params: {
spur: {
max_length: <max_length>,
growth_length: <growth_length>,
...etc.,
},
branch: {<branch_config>},
...etc.,
},
semantic_data: {<semantic_data>},
instance_data: {<instance_data>},
cylinder_data: {<cylinder_data>},
tree_hierarchy: {<tree_hierarchy>},
<anything else you think a user may want to have for future analysis. How might they want to analyze groupings of trees? Types of branches? etc.>
}
Consider a revised metadata structure to keep everything in one file and providing more information so that users only have to look in one place.