Acquired data, the data coming directly from the
instrument captured by the PC should be considered sacred;
raw data should not be modified for any reason. However, a
second kind of data, generated during post acquisition data
analysis and data processing, e.g. reintegration, changing
baselines, deleting peaks that aren’t necessarily relevant to
the analysis, or other calculations, are considered normal
parts of data processing and may be modified under controlled
circumstances as captured in audit trails.
