Releasing a data set
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Data Release Summary - Datasets generated that are not yet interpreted, but may have value as released and publicly available data
Objective/context - Publish via the web, with review. Trying to capture the process - what are the automated and human steps necessary?
Actors - will vary based on step in sequence. Generalized to:
- Author/Producers
- Organizational Approval (e.g., supervisor, different layers of management, org policies)
- Peer review? (some way to have multiple eyes on data before release)
- Release, archival, curation
Sequence of Events (Note: this does not capture the entire Data Life Cycle, only the portion related to Data Release)
- Create data product
- Register product
- Process review
- Metadata review
- Data review
- Revision of metadata/reconciliation of peer reviews/data reviews
- Submit product
- Process approval
- Approved at Science Center level
- Assign URL
- Metadata registration with clearinghouse
- DOI process
- Data product and metadata are preserved
- Disseminate product
PCCS artifacts
