[LTER-im] Update on replicating Arctic LTER datasetst to the Arctic Data Center

[James Laundre]

Replicating Arctic LTER datasets to the Arctic Data Center. 


As I mentioned in a VTC last Dec one of our PI's final report to NSF for their Arctic Observing Network (AON) project was being held up because the data was archived on the LTER Data Portal instead of the new NSF Arctic Data Center ( https://arcticdata.io ). In previous reports this was considered fine. However this time the comment he received was: 


" The NSF-LTER data portal is certainly a national archive, but the problem is that it has some restrictions on data use. AON data, on the other hand, is for unrestricted use. .... AON data should be archived on the Arctic Data center." 

So why can’t the Arctic Data Center pull the data from the LTER Data Portal? After all they are both Data ONE nodes and it would be messyto have two different DOIs for the same data. Well after several back and forth emails, modifications on my end and by Mark and Duane, the Arctic Data Center was able to replicated metadata and data into the Arctic Data Center. The main issues that prevented the data from replicating are listed below: 


First: The LTER intellectual rights section of the metadata document s did not meet with NSF Polar Programs policy. https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16055/nsf16055.jsp . In particular where the LTER rights policy states: 

“1) Acceptable use . Use of the dataset will be restricted to academic, research, educational, government, recreational, or other not-for-profit professional purposes. The Data User is permitted to produce and distribute derived works from this dataset provided that they are released under the same license terms as those accompanying this Data Set. Any other uses for the Data Set or its derived products will require explicit permission from the dataset owner. 

2 ) Redistribution . The data are provided for use by the Data User. The metadata and this license must accompany all copies made and be available to all users of this Data Set. The Data User will not redistribute the original Data Set beyond this collaboration sphere.” 

To quote an email; 


“ These two restrictions make publishing the data in the Arctic Data Center difficult. The first seems contrary to the policy for AON data in that they are to be made publicly available (within 6 months of collection). The second limitation effectively disallows the Arctic Data Center (and DataONE) from distributing the data. 

In archiving data in the Arctic Data Center, the goal is to make the data and metadata publicly available and usable without restriction, and so we’ve been using the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-0) or the Attribution (CC-BY) license for new submissions. ” 

My solution was to modify the license to Attribution (CC-BY) license. See below for the Intellectual Rights wording used. 

Second (a minor issue): There were differences in how the funding was entered in the metadata (/eml/dataset/project/funding/para) field. We had it as a paragraph describing the NSF funding grant number. The Arctic Data Center just wanted the number as below: 


<funding> 
<para>100000</para> 
<para>110000</para> 
<para>06000</para> 
</funding> 



Other issues between the LTER Data Portal and Arctic Data Center were addressed by Mark and Duane and staff at the Arctic Data Center. 


I have more datasets that need to be replicated to the Arctic Data Center. Hopefully before the next reports are due. 


Jim 




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Intellectual Rights 


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The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported and encouraged. Permission to use this dataset is granted to the Data User free of charge subject to the following terms: 

1. Citation. It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User should properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. 
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James Laundre 
Arctic LTER 
Marine Biological Lab 
7 MBL St. 
Woods Hole, MA 02543 
Phone:508 289 7476 
Email: jlaundre at mbl.edu 
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