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  "id": 613504,
  "title": "Object ID duplications",
  "url": "/competitions/ai-based-modeling-for-energy-efficient-buildings/discussion/613504",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-10-27T11:03:28.940662400Z",
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  "content": "<p>Dear Organizers!<br>\nI have a question about the sensor metadata that you provided.<br>\nIn the metadata.parquet file, 211 object_ids belong to more than one row.<br>\nFor example, 'B201FC058_4.VT01_1' belongs to a Kitchen and a Labore at the same time.<br>\nAccording to the data description on Kaggle these IDs should be unique: \"object_id: The unique identifier of the sensor.\"<br>\nCould you clarify this issue, please?<br>\nThank you,<br>\nFerenc</p>",
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      "id": "3307586",
      "postDate": "10/27/2025 11:03:28",
      "content": "<p>Dear Organizers!<br>\nI have a question about the sensor metadata that you provided.<br>\nIn the metadata.parquet file, 211 object_ids belong to more than one row.<br>\nFor example, 'B201FC058_4.VT01_1' belongs to a Kitchen and a Labore at the same time.<br>\nAccording to the data description on Kaggle these IDs should be unique: \"object_id: The unique identifier of the sensor.\"<br>\nCould you clarify this issue, please?<br>\nThank you,<br>\nFerenc</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear Organizers!\nI have a question about the sensor metadata that you provided.\nIn the metadata.parquet file, 211 object_ids belong to more than one row.\nFor example, 'B201FC058_4.VT01_1' belongs to a Kitchen and a Labore at the same time.\nAccording to the data description on Kaggle these IDs should be unique: \"object_id: The unique identifier of the sensor.\"\nCould you clarify this issue, please?\nThank you,\nFerenc",
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    {
      "id": "3311128",
      "postDate": "11/04/2025 10:31:14",
      "content": "<p>Dear Ferenc,</p>\n<p>You are correct that object_ids should be unique. We have investigated the issue and found that during merging of different data sources, some object_ids were duplicated due to inconsistencies. We will update the metadata.parquet and metadata.xlsx files to ensure that each object_id is unique and correctly associated with its respective location.\nWe apologize for any confusion this may have caused and appreciate you bringing this to our attention. The updated files will be available shortly.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear Ferenc,\n\nYou are correct that object_ids should be unique. We have investigated the issue and found that during merging of different data sources, some object_ids were duplicated due to inconsistencies. We will update the metadata.parquet and metadata.xlsx files to ensure that each object_id is unique and correctly associated with its respective location.\nWe apologize for any confusion this may have caused and appreciate you bringing this to our attention. The updated files will be available shortly.\n\nBest regards,",
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    {
      "id": 3311128,
      "author_name": "miklosszaloczy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "11/04/2025 10:31:14",
      "content": "<p>Dear Ferenc,</p>\n<p>You are correct that object_ids should be unique. We have investigated the issue and found that during merging of different data sources, some object_ids were duplicated due to inconsistencies. We will update the metadata.parquet and metadata.xlsx files to ensure that each object_id is unique and correctly associated with its respective location.\nWe apologize for any confusion this may have caused and appreciate you bringing this to our attention. The updated files will be available shortly.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>",
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    "3307586": "Dear Organizers!\nI have a question about the sensor metadata that you provided.\nIn the metadata.parquet file, 211 object_ids belong to more than one row.\nFor example, 'B201FC058_4.VT01_1' belongs to a Kitchen and a Labore at the same time.\nAccording to the data description on Kaggle these IDs should be unique: \"object_id: The unique identifier of the sensor.\"\nCould you clarify this issue, please?\nThank you,\nFerenc",
    "3311128": "Dear Ferenc,\n\nYou are correct that object_ids should be unique. We have investigated the issue and found that during merging of different data sources, some object_ids were duplicated due to inconsistencies. We will update the metadata.parquet and metadata.xlsx files to ensure that each object_id is unique and correctly associated with its respective location.\nWe apologize for any confusion this may have caused and appreciate you bringing this to our attention. The updated files will be available shortly.\n\nBest regards,"
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