Equivalent of dataset (.dta) label or notes for framesets (.dtas)?

[Raymond Guiteras]

Dear Statalist,

Is there an equivalent of the dataset label or dataset notes for framesets (.dtas)?

I see that the concepts carry over to the individual frames within a frameset, but I would like to know if I can apply these to the frameset as a whole, not to individual frames.

And I suppose I would be interested in characteristics as well.

Thank you.

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Revision 03 Jun 2026

[Bjarte Aagnes]

You can add a metadata.dta with metadata.

[Clyde Schechter]

As for characteristics, you can create characteristics within a frame, and whenever that is the present working frame, you can access and use those characteristics just as you would in an "unframed" data set. Each frame has its own separate set of characteristics, so you cannot directly access characteristics from a non-present working frame. (You can, of course reach them by prefixing a command with -frame name_of_other_frame:-.)

[Raymond Guiteras]

Thank you both for your suggestions. I like the idea of a metadata frame that could then be referenced as Clyde Schechter suggests.