The West African Data and Metadata Repository - a long-term data archive for ecological datasets from West Africa

Authors

  • Eva-Maria Gerstner
  • Yvonne Bachmann
  • Karen Hahn
  • Anne Mette Lykke
  • Marco Schmidt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/fvss.18.28

Keywords:

data archiving, ecological data

Abstract

Although there is an increasing need for data in ecological studies, many datasets are still lost or not sufficiently visible due to a lack of appropriate data archives. With the West African Data and Metadata Repository, we present a secure long-term archive for a data-poor region allowing detailed documentation by metadata following the EML standard and giving data holders the opportunity to define levels of data access and conditions of use. This article gives an overview of structure, functions and content. The repository is online at the URL http://westafricandata.senckenberg.de.

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Published

2015-12-16

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E.-M. Gerstner, Y. Bachmann, K. Hahn, A. M. Lykke, and M. Schmidt, “The West African Data and Metadata Repository - a long-term data archive for ecological datasets from West Africa”, FVSS, vol. 18, pp. 3–10, Dec. 2015.

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