How
The EMODnet Data Ingestion portal is a component of the present marine data management infrastructure and existing pathways towards the EMODnet data portals. These pathways follow for all EMODnet themes a common workflow: data are 1) gathered from observing organizations; 2) validated, processed and stored in dedicated national data centres; 3) populated in the appropriate European infrastructure (such as SeaDataNet, EurOBIS and others depending of the theme), and 4) made part of EMODnet data portals. This is illustrated in the scheme below.
Data Ingestion supports data providers with:
- Data Submission service to submit marine dataset packages including metadata description
- Data tracking service to allow data providers to stay informed about the progress from data submission to publishing; this is integrated in the Data Submission service
- Data Discovery and Access service to retrieve and download submitted dataset packages ‘as is’ and in a second step as elaborated data sets from EU infrastructures and included in EMODnet thematic services and products
- Operational pathways for delivering data to the data centres, EU infrastructures and EMODnet thematic portals
- Help-service for users to give support for providing their data in the most appropriate format
- Facilitating inclusion of operational oceanography data stream
Data Ingestion undertakes active marketing and outreach to identify and engage significant holders of marine data who are not yet connected to the national, regional and European marine data management infrastructures and whose data are not already available.