ESS-DIVE Reporting Format for Dataset Package Metadata

ESS-DIVE’s (Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem) dataset metadata reporting format is intended to compile information about a dataset (e.g., title, description, funding sources) that can enable reuse of data submitted to the ESS-DIVE data repository. The files contained in this dataset include instructions (dataset_metadata_guide.md and README.md) that can be used to understand the types of metadata ESS-DIVE collects. The data dictionary (dd.csv) follows ESS-DIVE’s file-level metadata reporting format and includes brief descriptions about each element of the dataset metadata reporting format. This dataset also includes a terminology crosswalk (dataset_metadata_crosswalk.csv) that shows how ESS-DIVE’s metadata reporting format maps onto other existing metadata standards and reporting formats. Data contributors to ESS-DIVE can provide this metadata by manual entry using a web form or programmatically via ESS-DIVE’s API (Application Programming Interface). A metadata template (dataset_metadata_template.docx or dataset_metadata_template.pdf) can be used to collaboratively compile metadata before providing it to ESS-DIVE. Since being incorporated into ESS-DIVE’s data submission user interface, ESS-DIVE’s dataset metadata reporting format, has enabled features like automated metadata quality checks, and dissemination of ESS-DIVE datasets onto other data platforms including Google Dataset Search and DataCite.

ESS-DIVE（全称：Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem，即虚拟生态系统环境系统科学数据基础设施）的数据集元数据（metadata）报告格式，旨在汇编数据集相关信息（例如标题、描述、资助来源等），以支持对提交至ESS-DIVE数据存储库的数据集进行复用。本数据集包含两份指导文件：dataset_metadata_guide.md 与 README.md，可用于了解ESS-DIVE所采集的元数据类型。数据字典（dd.csv）遵循ESS-DIVE的文件级元数据报告格式，对该元数据报告格式的各组成元素提供简要说明。本数据集还包含术语对照表（dataset_metadata_crosswalk.csv），用以展示ESS-DIVE的元数据报告格式与其他现有元数据标准及报告格式之间的映射关系。ESS-DIVE的数据贡献者可通过两种方式提交元数据：一是使用网页表单手动录入，二是通过ESS-DIVE的应用程序编程接口（API，Application Programming Interface）以编程方式提交。元数据模板（dataset_metadata_template.docx 或 dataset_metadata_template.pdf）可用于在向ESS-DIVE提交元数据前，协同完成元数据的汇编工作。自该元数据报告格式被整合至ESS-DIVE的数据提交用户界面以来，其已实现多项功能，包括自动化元数据质量检查，以及将ESS-DIVE数据集分发至谷歌数据集搜索（Google Dataset Search）与DataCite等其他数据平台。