Dataset Creation Field List
Dataset Creation Field List
On Create Dataset page
*= Currently required
**= Recommended required
**Title – a descriptive title of the dataset
**Description – The what, why, when, where and how aspects of the data
Known uses of data – Brief details about downstream consumers of the data (if known)
License (dropdown) – License definitions of data
Organization (dropdown) – Organization that is providing the data, from list of defined organizations
Source – Source of the data
Update Interval (Months) – A metric of how often the data is updated
*Data Owner Organization – Organization that is responsible for the data
*Data Owner Contact Name – Name of person or role responsible for the data
**Data Owner Contact Email – Email address of person or role responsible for the data
Data Collection Organization – The organization that collected the data
Data Collection Contact Name – Name of person or role responsible for the collection of the data
Data Collection Contact Email – Email address of person or role responsible for the collection of the data
Data QA/QC Organization – The organization that QA/QC’d the data
Data QA/QC Contact Name – Name of person or role responsible for the QA/QC of the data
Data QA/QC Contact Email – Email address of person or role responsible for the QA/QC of the data
Funding Agency Organization – The organization that funded the acquisition of the data
Funding Agency Contact Name – Name of person or role responsible for the funding of the data
Funding Agency Contact Email – Email address of person or role responsible for the funding of the data
Coordinate System – The geographic coordinate system used in the dataset
Data Collection Procedures – Brief details about how the data was collected, including protocols and DOI/URL if possible
Data Quality Procedures – Brief details about how the data quality was reviewed, including protocols and DOI/URL if possible
Tags – A list of keywords to help classify the dataset        Â
Version – Version number of the dataset (default is 1.0)
Custom Field(s) – Users can add up to three with a Key(word) and Value
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On Add New Resource page
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Data – Choice of upload button or link button to data
 Name – Name of resource
Description – Brief description of resource
Format – Resource format, (ie csv, html, json, zip)