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| Data representation |
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| Socceraction uses **a tabular action-oriented data format**, as opposed to the |
| formats by commercial vendors that describe events. The distinction is that |
| actions are a subset of events that require a player to perform the action. |
| For example, a passing event is an action, whereas an event signifying the end |
| of the game is not an action. Unlike all other event stream formats, we always |
| store the same attributes for each action. Excluding optional information |
| snippets enables us to store the data in a table and more easily apply |
| automatic analysis tools. |
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| Socceraction implements two versions of this action-oriented data format: :ref:`SPADL` |
| and :ref:`Atomic-SPADL`. |
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| spadl |
| atomic_spadl |
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