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Session Description This is a hands-on companion session to “Case Studies of Transitioning Datasets from Specialist to Generalist Repositories”.
The vision here will be to help people figure out where and how to archive their first or second data set. For example, at NOAA Fisheries there is a list of approved data repositories that staff are encouraged to use (that we will share as we organize this session). But how? This will be a workshop-type session, BYOD: “Bring your own dataset”! We will pick 1-3 repositories to intro/demo in the first part, including discussion about metadata. Then, participants will work through where and how to archive their data, with support from helpers with repository and metadata expertise.
There are many questions that go along with archiving a dataset: which repository should I choose? What is metadata, and which metadata are required? What are PIDs, and why do people keep asking me for them? This hands-on workshop session invites you to BYOD: “Bring your own dataset”, and the presenters will demo the best practices of depositing data into different repositories. We will discuss metadata and other questions, and finally participants will deposit their dataset into a repository with support from helpers and presenters with repository and metadata expertise.
Value to Session Participants People who BYOD will have a sense of where and how to archive at the least, and hopefully will have their data archived at the end of the session. Others who came to learn are also welcome, and will have an increased understanding of the possibilities and process for data archiving.
Recommended Ways to Prepare for this Session Bring a data set you'd like to archive. Maybe on a hard drive, or a link! If you have physical data you could bring that too and we can talk through what could be involved to digitize.
Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes is Openscapes founding director and co-leads NASA Openscapes and NOAA Fisheries Openscapes projects. I am a marine ecologist working at the intersection of actionable science, data science, and open science. My main focus is mentoring teams to develop technical... Read More →
