Arctic Data Center
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | https://arcticdata.io/ |
| Last Updated | May 26, 2021, 01:36 (UTC) |
| Created | August 3, 2020, 15:20 (UTC) |
| Country | Norway |
| Data Sharing Principle | The Arctic Data Center provides a long-lived and publicly accessible system that is free for other researchers to obtain data and metadata files. Complete submissions to the Center meet the requirements set by the NSF OPP which require that metadata files, full data sets, and derived data products be deposited in a long-lived and publicly accessible archive. |
| Data Manage | Plans for data management and sharing of the products of research. Proposals must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled Data Management Plan. This supplement should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results (see AAG Chapter VI.D.4), and may include:the types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project; the standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies); policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives; and plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.Data management requirements and plans specific to the Directorate, Office, Division, Program, or other NSF unit, relevant to a proposal are available at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp. If guidance specific to the program is not available, then the requirements established in this section apply. |
| Data Policy | The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs (NSF OPP) requires that metadata, full data sets, and derived data products be deposited in a long-lived and publicly accessible archive. Specific requirements for various OPP programs can be found in the NSF Dear Colleague Letter #16055. The Arctic Data Center was created with funding from NSF to assist with compliance of these requirements by providing that long-lived and publicly accessible archive for Arctic Sciences Section (ARC) data and metadata. At a minimum, metadata describing ARC-supported data packages must be submitted to the Arctic Data Center. The Arctic Data Center primarily stores metadata in structured, XML-based files. Transformation of plain text documentation into a structured metadata format for archiving is done automatically when submitting through the Arctic Data Center website. Prior to submitting documentation to the Arctic Data Center, we advise projects to create complete, plain text metadata records. Ideally, plans to create and store metadata records should be made during the initial stages of project development (i.e., within the data management plan of the project proposal). |