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<div class="">On behalf of IM Exec and the Non-tabular Data Working Group, I’m pleased to announce that the
<b class="">Best Practices for Data Package Design for Special Cases</b> has been released, and is now accessible in several formats:
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<li class="">A <b class=""><font color="#942092" class="">pdf</font></b> compiling all of the best practices can be found in the EDI Repository through the following citation: <span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Gries,
C., S. Beaulieu, R.F. Brown, S. Elmendorf, H. Garritt, G. Gastil-Buhl, H. Hsieh, L. Kui, M. Martin, G. Maurer, A.T. Nguyen, J.H. Porter, A. Sapp, M. Servilla, and T.L. Whiteaker. 2021. Data Package Design for Special Cases ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9d4c803578c3fbcb45fc23f13124d052" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9d4c803578c3fbcb45fc23f13124d052</a><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">(Accessed
2021-02-24).</span></li></ul>
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<li class="">An interactive <font color="#942092" class=""><b class="">bookdown</b></font> version of the best practices can be found here: <a href="https://ediorg.github.io/data-package-best-practices/EMLmetadata/index.html" class="">https://ediorg.github.io/data-package-best-practices/EMLmetadata/index.html</a></li></ul>
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<li class="">The best practices are also linked on <b class=""><font color="#942092" class="">EDI’s website</font></b>: <a href="https://environmentaldatainitiative.org/five-phases-of-data-publishing/phase-1/#Coherence" class="">https://environmentaldatainitiative.org/five-phases-of-data-publishing/phase-1/#Coherence</a>,
or via the menu bar through Resources —> Five phases of data publishing —> 1. Organize —> Coherence (<i class="">This path may change as EDI is working on some website redesigns</i>).</li></ul>
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<li class="">And finally, all of these updates can be found in the <b class=""><font color="#942092" class="">GitHub Repository</font></b>, which should also be used to report issues/questions/concerns: <a href="https://github.com/EDIorg/data-package-best-practices" class="">https://github.com/EDIorg/data-package-best-practices</a></li></ul>
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<div class="">We hope you will all find these Best Practices useful in dealing with special cases!</div>
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<div class="">Regards,</div>
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