DOI

The DOI is a unique string that identifies a resource. Format should be 10.ORGANISATION/ID. If you have no DOI for your dataset yet, you can leave this field empty and a DOI will be registered.

Publication Year

The year when the data was or will be made publicly available. In the case of datasets, “publish” is understood to mean making the data available on a specific date to the community of researchers. Values between 1901 and 2155 are allowed.

• If that date cannot be determined, use the date of registration.
• If an embargo period has been in effect, use the date when the embargo period ends.
• If there is no standard publication year value, use the date that would be preferred from a citation perspective.

Resource Type

The data record is classified in the Resource Type form field. The following different resource types are available for selection.

• Audiovisual: A series of visual representations that, when shown in sequence, give the impression of movement. May or may not include sound.
• Book: A non-serial publication that is complete in one volume or a designated finite number of volumes.
• BookChapter: A defined chapter or section of a book.
• Collection: An aggregation of resources, which can be any aggregation of resources such as datasets, documents, etc.
• ComputationalNotebook: An interactive document containing code, data, and text that is used for conducting and documenting computational research.
• ConferencePaper: A paper that was presented at a conference.
• ConferenceProceeding: A collection of papers presented at a conference.
• DataPaper: A scholarly publication describing a dataset, published in a data journal.
• Dataset: A structured collection of data generally associated with a unique body of work.
• Dissertation: A formal and lengthy discourse or treatise on a particular subject, based on original research, and submitted for an academic degree.
• Event: A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
• Image: A visual representation other than text.
• Instrument: A device or tool used for scientific purposes.
• InteractiveResource: A resource that requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
• Journal: A periodic publication that contains articles on current research, usually published in issues and volumes.
• JournalArticle: A publication in a journal.
• Model: An abstract, conceptual, graphical, or mathematical representation of processes or entities.
• OutputManagementPlan: A document describing data outputs, management and sharing practices, and policies.
• PeerReview: A review of a resource that has been conducted by experts in the field.
• PhysicalObject: An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.
• Preprint: A version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal.
• Report: A formal account of an investigation, research, or event.
• Service: A system that provides one or more functions to users, such as a web service.
• Software: A computer program in source or compiled form.
• Sound: A resource primarily intended to be heard.

Version

The version number or other identifier of the dataset. If your dataset is published for the first time, this field can be left empty. If it has been updated, specify the version number here. The suggested practice is to use a pair of major_version.minor_version to indicate changes in the dataset. Major changes typically require registration of a new DOI. If unsure leave blank.

Language of dataset

The primary language of the dataset. Choose from a list of supported languages. Default is English.

Title

The main title of the dataset. The first row is reserved for the main title. You can specify up to additional title types if your dataset is known by multiple names or translations.

Title Type

Indicates the type of title being provided, such as an alternative title or translated title. Default is "MainTitle". Every title should have a title type.

• Main Title: The primary title by which the dataset is known. This title type is required and can only be entered once.
• Alternative Title: You can also add an alternative title if required.
• Subtitle: If the data record has a subtitle, you can enter it with this title type.
• Translated Title: If the dataset is also to be published with a translated title, this title should have this title type.

ORCID

Uniquely identifies an individual or legal entity, according to various schemes. Please enter a valid ORCID in the format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (i.e. 0000-0001-5727-2427). If you do not have an ORCID iD yet, you can learn about it and register here. If you enter a valid ORCID, an attempt will be made to fill in the remaining required fields automatically. Results are depending on the information provided in the ORCID profile.

Affiliation

The organisational or institutional affiliation of the creator.

It is recommended to select the affiliation from the list, if the required affiliation is not among the available options, it can be entered manually.

Contact Person(s)

Person with knowledge of how to access, troubleshoot, or otherwise field issues related to the resource; May also be "Point of Contact" in organisation that controls access to the resource. Please enter at least one contact person.

Position

The position of the person in the organisation.

Website

Professional or specialized website, excluding any private websites.

Affiliation

The organisational or institutional affiliation of the Person. It is recommended to select the affiliation from the list, if the required affiliation is not among the available options, it can be entered manually.

Name of the originating laboratory

It is recommended that the laboratory be selected from the list, as the affiliation is populated by the autocomplete function. In the event that the desired laboratory is not among the available options, it can be entered manually.

The list opens when you start typing.

Roles (Person)

The role of the contributor person/s in the creation of the resource. Please choose one or more roles from the controlled list values provided by DataCite.

• Data Collector: Person responsible for finding or gathering/collecting data under the guidelines of the author(s) or Principal Investigator (PI).
• Data Curator: Person tasked with reviewing, enhancing, cleaning, or standardizing metadata and the associated data submitted for storage, use, and maintenance within a data center or repository; While the "DataManager" is concerned with digital maintenance, the DataCurator's role encompasses quality assurance focused on content and metadata. This includes checking whether the submitted dataset is complete, with all files and components as described by submitter, whether the metadata is standardized to appropriate systems and schema, whether specialized metadata is needed to add value and ensure access across disciplines, and determining how the metadata might map to search engines, database products, and automated feeds.
• Data Manager: Person responsible for maintaining the finished resource. The work done by this person ensures that the resource is periodically "refreshed" in terms of software/hardware support, is kept available or is protected from unauthorized access, is stored in accordance with industry standards, and is handled in accordance with the records management requirements applicable to it.
• Editor: A person who oversees the details related to the publication format of the resource. Note: if the Editor is to be credited in place of multiple authors, the Editor's name may be supplied as Author, with "(Ed.)" appended to the name.
• Producer: Typically a person or organisation responsible for the artistry and form of a media product. In the data industry, this may be a company
• Project Leader: Person officially designated as head of project team or sub-project team instrumental in the work necessary to development of the resource.
• Project Manager: Person officially designated as manager of a project. Project may on consist of one or many project teams and sub-teams. The manager of a project normally has more administrative responsibility than actual work involvement.
• Member: Person on the membership list of a designated project/project team. This vocabulary may or may not indicate the quality, quantity, or substance of the person's involvement.
• Related Person: A person without a specifically defined role in the development of the resource, but who is someone the author wishes to recognize. This person could be an author's intellectual mentor, a person providing intellectual leadership in the discipline or subject domain, etc.
• Researcher: A person involved in analyzing data or the results of an experiment or formal study. May indicate an intern or assistant to one of the authors who helped with research but who was not so “key” as to be listed as an author.
• Rights Holder: Person owning or managing property rights, including intellectual property rights over the resource.
• Sponsor: Person that issued a contract or under the auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, developed, etc. Includes organisations that provide in-kind support, through donation, provision of people or a facility or instrumentation necessary for the development of the resource, etc.
• Supervisor: Designated administrator over one or more groups/teams working to produce a resource or over one or more steps of a development process.
• WorkPackage Leader: A Work Package is a recognized data product, not all of which is included in publication. The package, instead, may include notes, discarded documents, etc. The Work Package Leader is responsible for ensuring the comprehensive contents, versioning, and availability of the Work Package during the development of the resource.
• Other: Any person making a significant contribution to the development and/or maintenance of the resource, but whose contribution does not

ORCID

Uniquely identifies an individual or legal entity, according to various schemes. Please enter a valid ORCID in form of XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX(X) (i.e. 0000-0001-5727-2427). You can find your colleagues' ORCID on the ORCID search page. If you enter a valid ORCID, an attempt will be made to fill in the remaining required fields automatically. Results are depending on the information provided in the ORCID profile.

Affiliation

The organisational or institutional affiliation of the Person/s.

It is recommended to select the affiliation from the list, if the required affiliation is not among the available options, it can be entered manually.

Organisation Name

The name of the institution.

Roles (Organisation)

The role of the contributor organisation/s in the creation of the resource. Please choose one or more roles from the controlled list values provided by DataCite:

• Data Collector: Institution responsible for finding or gathering/collecting data under the guidelines of the author(s) or Principal Investigator (PI).
• Data Manager: Institution responsible for maintaining the finished resource. The work done by this person ensures that the resource is periodically "refreshed" in terms of software/hardware support, is kept available or is protected from unauthorized access, is stored in accordance with industry standards, and is handled in accordance with the records management requirements applicable to it.
• Distributor: Institution tasked with responsibility to generate/disseminate copies of the resource in either electronic or print form. Works stored in more than one archive/repository may credit each as a distributor.
• Hosting Institution: Typically, the organisation allowing the resource to be available on the internet through the provision of its hardware/software/operating support. May also be used for an organisation that stores the data offline. Often a data centre (if that data centre is not the
• Producer: Typically a organisation responsible for the artistry and form of a media product. In the data industry, this may be a company
• Registration Agency: Institution/organisation officially appointed by a Registration Authority to handle specific tasks within a defined area of responsibility. DataCite is a Registration Agency for the International DOI Foundation (IDF). One of Data Cite's tasks is to assign DOI prefixes to the allocating agents who then assign the full, specific character string to data clients, provide metadata back to the Data Cite registry, etc.
• Registration Authority: A standards-setting body from which Registration Agencies obtain official recognition and guidance. The IDF serves as the Registration Authority for the International Standards Organisation (ISO) in the area/domain of Digital Object Identifiers.
• Research Group: Typically refers to a group of individuals with a lab, department, or on division; the group has a particular, defined focus of activity. May operate at a narrower level of scope; may or may not hold less administrative responsibility than a project team.
• Rights Holder: Institution owning or managing property rights, including intellectual property rights over the resource.
• Sponsor: Organisation that issued a contract or under the auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, developed, etc. Includes organisations that provide in-kind support, through donation, provision of people or a facility or instrumentation necessary for the development of the resource, etc.
• Other: Any institution making a significant contribution to the development and/or maintenance of the resource, but whose contribution does not

Affiliation

The organisational or institutional affiliation of the Institution.

It is recommended to select the affiliation from the list, if the required affiliation is not among the available options, it can be entered manually.

Abstract

A brief description of the resource and the context in which the resource was created.

Methods

The methodology employed for the study or research.

Technical Info

Detailed information that may be associated with design, implementation, operation, use, and/or maintenance of a process, system, or instrument.

Other

Other description information that does not fit into an existing category.

EPOS Multi-Scale Laboratories Keywords

Please click on the Thesaurus button to the right to select keywords from the thesaurus or start typing to use the autocomplete function. By adding terms like these, you make it much easier for us to find your data and to make it discoverable in this catalogue and the EPOS data portal.

The selectable keywords are taken from EPOS Multi-Scale Laboratories vocabularies, available on GitHub.

Keyword Viewer

Please try to choose your keywords as specific as possible. Always check if there is a more fitting keyword further down the hierarchy. Definitions of keywords can be read via mouse over, if provided by the thesaurus maintainer.

To open the hierarchy ("tree"), click on the small arrow or double-click the keyword. Choose a keyword by clicking on it and thereby checking the checkbox. The keyword is than automatically added. Selected keywords have a checkmark in their checkbox.

You can also use the search bar on top. It searches the keywords and their definitions or descriptions.

GCMD Science Keywords

Please click on the Thesaurus button to the right to select keywords from the thesaurus or start typing to use the autocomplete function.

GCMD Science Keywords are essential for filtering options within the GFZ Metadata Portal. Therefore, we highly recommend selecting at least one GCMD Science Keyword to describe your dataset (you are welcome to add more if relevant).

Keyword Viewer

Please try to choose your keywords as specific as possible. Always check if there is a more fitting keyword further down the hierarchy. Definitions of keywords can be read via mouse over, if provided by the thesaurus maintainer.

To open the hierarchy ("tree"), click on the small arrow or double-click the keyword. Choose a keyword by clicking on it and thereby checking the checkbox. The keyword is than automatically added. Selected keywords have a checkmark in their checkbox.

You can also use the search bar on top. It searches the keywords and their definitions or descriptions.

Dates

This group of fields refers to important data in the life cycle of the data set. Please enter the information as precisely as possible to ensure the chronological classification and availability of the data set.

Date created

The date on which the dataset was created. If the dataset is a collection of data from different sources, use the date when the dataset was compiled. If the dataset is a simulation, use the date when the simulation was completed. If the dataset is a reanalysis, use the date when the reanalysis was completed. If the dataset is a combination of data from different sources, use the date when the dataset was compiled.

Embargo until

The date until which the dataset is under embargo. If the dataset is not under embargo, leave this field empty.

Spatial and temporal coverage

Geographic location and time period covered by the dataset. Includes coordinates (latitude/longitude), dates, times, and time zones. Essential for data discovery and relevance assessment. Enables users to search for datasets in specific regions or time frames. Please provide accurate information to enhance the findability and usability of your research data in our repository.

Geographic Coverage

If you draw a rectangle on the map, the coordinates of this rectangle will be transferred to the input fields Latitude Min and Latitude Max as well as Longitude Min and Longitude Max. These coordinates will only be saved together with the entire form. If you only set a marker on the map, the fields Latitude Min and Longitude Min will be filled, while Latitude Max and Longitude Max remain empty.

• Latitude Min: Geographic latitude of a single coordinate or the smaller geographic latitude of a rectangle as a floating point number with a dot as the separator. Required field. Only positive and negative numbers in the range from -90 to +90 are allowed.
• Latitude Max: Geographic latitude of a rectangle as a floating point number with a dot as the separator. Optional field. Only positive and negative numbers in the range from -90 to +90 are allowed.
• Longitude Min: Geographic longitude of a single coordinate or the smaller geographic longitude of a rectangle as a floating point number with a dot as the separator. Required field. Only positive and negative numbers in the range from -180 to +180 are allowed.
• Longitude Max: Geographic longitude of a rectangle as a floating point number with a dot as the separator. Optional field. Only positive and negative numbers in the range from -180 to +180 are allowed.

Description

Temporal Coverage

• Start Date: Date of the beginning of the temporal coverage of the dataset. Can be selected via the date picker. Required field.
• Start Time: Time specification in format hh:mm:ss. Can be selected via the time picker.
• End Date: Date of the end of the temporal coverage of the dataset. Can be selected via the date picker. Required field.
• End Time: Time specification in format hh:mm:ss. Can be selected via the time picker.
• Timezone: Specifies the UTC-based time zone for Start and End Times. This field allows selection from all worldwide time zones to accurately represent the temporal details of your data.

Related Work

Please enter resources related to your data. This helps connecting your data to other work like articles, samples, etc. Identifiers must be globally unique.

Note: related references may always be added to the metadata of a datasets (thus improving the data description and discovery), even after the registration of the DOI. We encourage you to inform us if you want to add new references to the published datasets.

Relation Type

The following different relation types are available for selection:

• IsCitedBy: indicates that B includes A in a citation
• Cites: indicates that A includes B in a citation
• IsSupplementTo: indicates that A is a supplement to B
• IsSupplementedBy: indicates that B is a supplement to A
• IsContinuedBy: indicates A is continued by the work B
• Continues: indicates A is a continuation of the work B
• Describes: indicates A describes B
• IsDescribedBy: indicates A is described by B
• HasMetadata: indicates resource A has additional metadata B
• IsMetadataFor: indicates additional metadata A for a resource B
• HasVersion: indicates A has a version B
• IsVersionOf: indicates A is a version of B
• IsNewVersionOf: indicates A is a new edition of B, where the new edition has been modified or updated
• IsPreviousVersionOf: indicates A is a previous edition of B
• IsPartOf: indicates A is a portion of B; may be used for elements of a series
• HasPart: indicates A includes the part B
• IsPublishedIn: indicates A is published inside B, but is independent of other things published inside of B
• IsReferencedBy: indicates A is used as a source of information by B
• References: indicates B is used as a source of information for A
• IsDocumentedBy: indicates B is documentation about/explaining A
• Documents: indicates A is documentation about/explaining B
• IsCompiledBy: indicates B is used to compile or create A
• Compiles: indicates B is the result of a compile or creation event using A
• IsVariantFormOf: indicates A is a variant or different form of B
• IsOriginalFormOf: indicates A is the original form of B
• IsIdenticalTo: indicates that A is identical to B, for use when there is a need to register two separate instances of the same resource
• IsReviewedBy: indicates that A is reviewed by B
• Reviews: indicates that A is a review of B
• IsDerivedFrom: indicates B is a source upon which A is based
• IsSourceOf: indicates A is a source upon which B is based
• IsRequiredBy: Indicates A is required by B
• Requires: Indicates A requires B
• Obsoletes: Indicates A replaces B
• IsObsoletedBy: Indicates A is replaced by B
• IsCollectedBy: Indicates A is collected by B
• Collects: Indicates A collects B

Identifier

Identifiers of related resources. These must be globally unique identifiers.

Identifier Type

The type of the Related Identifier.

• ARK: A URI designed to support long-term access to information objects. In general, ARK syntax is of the form (brackets, []. indicate optional elements).
• arXiv: arXiv.org is a repository of preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative financ.
• bibcode: A standardized 19-character identifier according to the syntax yyyyjjjjjvvvvmppppa.
• DOI: A character string used to uniquely identify an object. Format should be 10.ORGANISATION/ID.
• EAN13: A 13-digit barcoding standard that is a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system.
• EISSN: ISSN used to identify periodicals in electronic form (eISSN or e-ISSN).
• Handle: This refers specifically to an ID in the Handle system operated by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI).
• IGSN: A code that uniquely identifies samples from our natural environment and related features-of-interest.
• ISBN: A unique numeric book identifier. There are 2 formats: a 10-digit ISBN format and a 13-digit ISBN.
• ISSN: A unique 8-digit number used to identify a print or electronic periodical publication.
• ISTC: A unique “number” assigned to a textual work. An ISTC consists of 16 numbers and/or letters..
• LISSN: The linking ISSN or ISSN-L enables collocation or linking among different media versions of a continuing resource.
• LSID: A unique identifier for data in the Life Science domain. Format: urn:lsid:authority:namespace:identifier:revision.
• PMID: A unique number assigned to each PubMed record.
• PURL: A PURL has three parts: (1) a protocol, (2) a resolver address, and (3) a name.
• UPC: A barcode symbology used for tracking trade items in stores. Its most common form, the UPC-A, consists of 12 numerical digits.
• URL: Also known as web address, a URL is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource. The syntax is: scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id.
• URN: A unique and persistent identifier of an electronic document. The syntax is: urn::. The leading urn: sequence is case-insensitive, is the namespace identifier, is the namespace-specific string.
• w3id: Mostly used to publish vocabularies and ontologies. The letters ‘w3’ stand for “World Wide Web”.

Funding Reference

Information about financial support (funding) for the resource being registered. It is a best practice to supply funding information when financial support has been received.

Funder

The name of the funding provider. To receive suggestions, please enter at least the first two letters. If possible, please choose from the controlled list. You can also manually enter the funding provider.

Grant Number

Free text field for entering the grant number assigned by the funding provider.

Grant Name

Free text field for entering the title or name of the grant.