Data Publication with PANGAEA¶

Scope¶

Target group¶

Scientists, scientific assistants, technical employees

Aim¶

PANGAEA serves as a platform for archiving, publishing, and sharing georeferenced data related to earth and environmental sciences. It focuses on observational and experimental data, ensuring that it is easy to find, cite, and understand. By providing comprehensive metadata descriptions and ensuring compatibility between different datasets, PANGAEA ensures that archived data remains usable and accessible over the long term.

Prerequisites¶

Access to the PANGAEA submission system

Trigger event¶

The user has finished the data collection and analysis and now wants to publish their data with PANGAEA, obtain a PID and reference the data publication in a text publication.

Categories¶

Applicable data types: tabular(xls,csv etc), binary objects( netCDF, images, videos, segy etc), documentation(plan text, MS office etc)

Involved systems: PANGAEA

Addressed step in the data life cycle: preparation, provision, publication

Procedure¶

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flowchart TD
    A[["Trigger
    Finished data processing"]]:::trigger --> id1

    subgraph id1 ["SOP Data Publication with PANGAEA"]
    B[1.Check accepted data types and file formats] --> C
    C[2.Prepare your data and metadata] --> D
    D[3.Submit your data] --> E
    E[4.Interact with the team during the editorial review] --> F
    F[5.Make your data citation count!]
    end
    id1 --> G
    G[["Aim
    data publication & archiving"]]:::goal

    click B href "https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Format"
    click C href "https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Best_practice_manuals_and_templates"
    click D href "https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Data_submission"
    click E href "https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Editor"
    click F href "https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Citation"

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