<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b62e2321-583a-5461-800b-2b308c89e55b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Currently, the LTER Data Portal provides four different ways to submit EML for evaluation or upload to PASTA:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EML Metadata File -- Browse to an EML file on your local system and then select </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evaluate</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upload</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EML Document URLs -- Enter a list of EML document URLs into a text box, one per line, and then select </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evaluate</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upload</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Copy EML Metadata Text -- Copy and paste the XML text for a single EML metadata document into a text box and then select </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evaluate</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upload</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; or,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Metacat Harvest List URL -- Enter the URL of a Metacat Harvest List and then select </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evaluate</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upload</span><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. All documentURL elements in the harvest list will be processed.</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Note: Options 3 and 4 are only viewable when you click on the “+” button labeled “More Options for Upload”.)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Work is currently in progress that involves this part of the Data Portal user interface. We (the EDI team) expect that end-users rarely, if ever, use options 3 or 4. Because it would help simplify the work in progress, it would be our preference to eliminate options 3 and 4 from the user interface, but first we’d like to hear from you.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you do find options 3 and/or 4 useful and would prefer that they remain in the evaluate/upload user interface, please send us an email with your comments to </span><a href="mailto:support@environmentaldatainitiative.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:1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