git — title: Publishing to GBIF and OBIS
Uploading to the IPT
To make our data available through GBIF and OBIS, we have to upload it through GBIF’s Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), which can be the most complex part of data mobilization. The IPT makes a DwC-A file, similar to how Excel makes csv files, which is how the data is shared with GBIF and OBIS. There is a video of how to use the IPT that will be available soon from the US node manager. In the meantime, familiarize yourself with the IPT manual and feel free to schedule time with the US node staff (sformel@usgs.gov) when you are ready to publish.
Creating EML Metadata
Creating EML metadata can feel complicated, but it doesn’t need to be. In this case we were found the simplest thing to do was to manually copy values from the ScienceBase metadata into the metadata editor that is included in the IPT. However, the EML can also be created through other tools, or created programatically and uploaded to the IPT. For guidance on creating EML metadata, reference the GBIF IPT User Manual. For any further questions, reach out to GBIF or OBIS teams for assistance.
Final Steps
There is a video of how to use the IPT that will be available soon from the US node manager. In the meantime, familiarize yourself with the IPT manual and feel free to schedule time with the US node staff (sformel@usgs.gov) when you are ready to publish.
Here are the links for our finalized datasets published through OBIS and GBIF!