Data archiving and curation
Ryan ScherleData Repository ArchitectDryad Digital Repository
CurateGearJanuary 8, 2014
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Data archiving landscape
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Institutional RepositorySupplement
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Integrated article/data submission
o Key functionalityo Makes data deposition simple
for authors (once files are prepared)
o Ensures permanent link to data within each article (and vice versa).
o Options are customized to meet journal policieso Data can be submitted prior to
manuscript review or upon acceptance
o Journals may allow authors the option of a embargoing data for 1 year after publication
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Submitter’s
workspace
Create new
version
Secondary
curation
Primary curation
Review stage
Publication
blackout
Data in archive
Metadata import
Curation in Dryad
In the next session
o Dryad submission system
o Flexible curation interface
o Ensuring continual improvement of curation
Sponsoring open data
Functional EcologyHeredityJournal of HereditySystematic BiologyThe American NaturalistEcological MonographsProceedings AProceedings BJournal of EcologyInterface FocusPlant PhysiologyThe Plant CallOpen BiologyEcology and EvolutionEvolutionary ApplicationseLife
Publishers, societies, and other organizations are now sponsoring deposits in 44 Journals
EvolutionElementaPalaeontologyMycoKeysComparative CytogeneticsSubterranean BiologyNature ConservationNeoBiotaPhytoKeysZooKeysPaleobiologyBiodiversity Data JournalBioRiskMolecular EcologyMolecular Ecology Resources
GMS German Medical ScienceGMS Medizinische Infomatik, Biometric und EpidemiologieSpecial Papers in PalaeontologyJournal of Evolutionary BiologyJournal of the Royal Society InterfaceJournal of Applied EcologyJournal of Animal EcologyMethods in Ecology and EvolutionThe Journal of PaleontologyJournal of Hymenoptera ResearchPhilosophical Transactions APhilosophical Transactions B
To learn more
o Repository home: http://datadryad.org
o Documentation: http://wiki.datadryad.org
o News: http://blog.datadryad.orgo Twitter: @datadryad
o Ryan Scherle, [email protected]
Submitter’s
workspace
Create new
version
Secondary
curation
Primary curation
Review stage
Publication
blackout
Data in archive
Metadata import
Curation in Dryad
Key curation features
o Obvious buttons for most common activities
o More powerful tools for correcting problemsoWorkflow overviewoChange workflow stateoBatch curation tasks
o Constant analysis and improvement
Creating curation tools
o Usability studieso Trelloo Development processo Balsamiq/Axureo Final product
Recently completed
o Publication blackouto Improved DOI registrationo Workflow overview pageo Improved reportingo Usability improvements
Decreased curation time by 25%
Features in development
o Propagation of metadata between related objects
o Better definition of curator roleso Curation noteso Duplicate submission warnings
To learn more
o Repository home: http://datadryad.org
o Documentation: http://wiki.datadryad.org
o News: http://blog.datadryad.orgo Twitter: @datadryad
o Ryan Scherle, [email protected]
