I agree data is hard. If we could provide a properly designed database which has already defined datatypes but that would be as easy to fill for a standard use

I agree data is hard. If we could provide a properly designed database which has already defined datatypes but that would be as easy to fill for a standard user as a preformated Excel table that would be great. You're right, Access has this simplicity, I just wish such tools would be available out-of-the-box for other DB engine.