Data Submission
To ensure the legacy of IPY, we seek to identify and track the location
of all data collected explicitly as part of one of the
IPY endorsed projects.
The IPY Data Committee requires three initial steps:
- Identify an archive: Each project should contact
and identify an archive and data management point of contact and
provide a brief description of the data to be collected. We can
provide assistance in identifying an appropriate archive, if necessary.
- Register your metadata:
The IPY Data Committee requires that all data collected as part of
IPY are described with a minimal set of metadata in accordance with the
IPY metadata profile. These metadata must
be openly shared through internationally recognized metadata catalogs.
Some countries are creating their own metadata registries, but if you
are unclear where to register your metadata, the Global Change Master
Directory (GCMD) has created a custom, IPY version of their metadata
submission tool, the
GCMD docBuilder.
If you have already have generated standard formatted metadata, we can
arrange an automated transfer using standard XML-based protocols. If you
need assistance with any of this, please contact
.
- Publish your data: The
IPY Data Policy
(PDF) requires full, non-discriminatory, and timely release of IPY data.
Many projects may serve their data directly through their own web sites.
This is an effective solution for rapid data delivery to targeted audiences,
but projects should still develop a plan to migrate well-described data to
established archives for long-term preservation and access. Data access
mechanisms should be described in the metadata.
To make your data more accessible and understandable to a broad, non-technical
audience, read about Data Stories.
