DataWorks! Digest

DataWorks! Salon recording: How to prepare your data for submission to a repository or journal

Written by DataWorks! Team | Feb 27, 2024 7:18:35 PM

View this DataWorks! Salon to learn best practices for preparing datasets and how to make them accessible to facilitate reuse.

Learn how to ensure your dataset is published rapidly and smoothly by avoiding some of the most common reasons data is sent back to authors and why documentation is so important.

This salon is hosted by FASEB DataWorks! and Dryad, with Laura Bowman and Bryan Gee of Dryad as speakers. Resources: Quick Guide: Data Documentation and Metadata https://dataworks.faseb.org/helpdesk/kb/data-documentation-and-metadata

Quick Guides: Using Common Data Elements (CDEs) https://datadryad.org/stash/process

Topics discussed in the video include:

  • data documentation
  • creating ReadMe files
  • metadata, data standards
  • data accessibility