Wouldn’t it be nice if we could share our ecological data using a common format, in a common place, freely available for everyone? In his blog post on Living Norways technical blog site, researcher Jens Åström from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), discuss how you can use the Darwin Core standard to publish complex ecological data.
Making your data publicly available is quickly becoming a standard task for researchers. It is increasingly demanded by journals when publishing your research findings, or even by funding agencies when applying for grants. Journals have traditionally accepted data in file format, which can be reached through their websites along with the paper. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could store our ecological data using a common format, in a common place, freely available for everyone?
In his blog post, researcher Jens Åström from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) discuss how he formatted and published a multi-year observation data set of ~80 species with a hierarchical survey scheme, while incorporating all collected environmental covariates, and meta-data into GBIF. The data set is similar in structure to many other data sets that typically arise from ecological monitoring and research programs. Read the blog post here.
Publishing complex ecological data
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