Other Files - Forms - Data Submission

Description - This Microsoft Excel spreadsheet template is provided for formatting and describing tabular data files for submission to the GCE Information Management Office for archiving in the GCE Data Catalog and LTER Data Portal. Note that data set documentation (metadata) must be provided separately online prior to submission of the data files (see https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/app/add_dataset.asp to register the documentation).

For tabular data (e.g. spreadsheets, non-digital data sheets, simple comma or space-delimited logger files), the data values and column information should be entered or pasted into the "Tabular Data" worksheet unless prior arrangements are made with IM staff for parsing data from specialized formats (e.g. raw data logger files, real-time data telemetry or lab-specific storage formats). Specialized tabular or non-tabular data (e.g. GIS files, raster imagery, genomics data) can be described and uploaded directly from the View Submissions page (see below) after the metadata are submitted so use of this template is not required.

Completed templates and data files (if provided separately) should be uploaded to the GCE IM office using the "Add Files" links for the corresponding data set metadata on the Private GCE Web Site (https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/app/view_submissions.asp).

More information about GCE data submission is available at http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/im/data_submission.htm. An overview and training presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) and example tabular data file (Zip Archive) are also available for reference.

Description - Note: This form has been deprecated as of October 2018. Please used the new GCE Data Submission web forms (https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/app/add_dataset.asp) to enter or revise data set documentation (metadata), and use the updated Excel data submission template (http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/resource_details.asp?id=852) to prepare your data file(s) for archiving.

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This Microsoft Excel spreadsheet template is provided for submitting metadata (documentation) for both tabular and non-tabular data sets to the GCE Information Management Office for archiving in the GCE Data Catalog and LTER Data Portal. More information about GCE data submission is available at http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/im/data_submission.htm.

For tabular data (e.g. spreadsheets, logger files), the data values and column information can be included in the "Tabular Data" worksheet along with the documentation metadata, or provided separately if prior arrangements are made with IM staff for parsing data from specialized formats (e.g. raw data logger files, real-time data telemetry or lab-specific storage formats).

For non-tabular data (e.g. GIS files, raster imagery, genomics data), the data file(s) can be described in the template and then uploaded separately, or download links can be provided in the "Non-Tabular Data" worksheet.

Completed templates and data files (if provided separately) should be uploaded to the GCE IM office using the "Submit Data" form on the Private GCE Web Site (https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/app/upload_data.asp).

Note that a GCE Data Submission Training presentation and Zip archive of sample submissions are also available for downloading (see http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/resource_details.asp?id=535).

Description - This spreadsheet contains the GCE-LTER controlled keyword vocabulary, with keywords categorized by type and mapped to the LTER Controlled Vocabulary terms.