Module 2E: Disseminating Data

Module Purpose:

This module relates to disseminating and publishing your collection’s data to external platforms and user communities.

accessibility, aggregation, GBIF, iDigBio, interoperability, publication

TaskID	Task Name	Explanations and Comments	Resources
T1	Identify data for dissemination.	Identify which subset or sets of data are ready to be made available. Confirm internal standards of data quality and completeness	See module 2B for quality control and Module 2C and Module 2D for data cleanup.
T2	Identify target dissemination outlets	Depending on the roject and interests of the collection and community, find all appropriate outlets to submit data to. These may include formal data paper publications as well as biodiversity data aggregators.	Consider publishing to GBIF and iDigBio for starters.
T3	Establish connection with publication outlet	Review data standards and format requirements of the desired outlets and register your collection or dataset with them as needed.
T4	Prepare data for delivery	Prepare and format your data for intake into desired outlets. This will almost always be in the form of a Darwin Core Archive which likely can be exported from your collection management system or published through a linked Integrated publishing Toolkit (IPT) or similar data publication tool. If data are managed in a custom system, then a local export and formatting may be required for a manual data upload.	IPT documentation
T5	Submit your data	Upload your data or trigger an external data harvest from your IPT by the desired outlets.
T6	Refresh your data regularly	Identify time intervals or digitization milestones to update your published datasets with your desired outlets.

Define metrics that can be measured to assess success of workflows using this module

Define metrics that can be measured to assess success of workflows using this module (reference specific TaskIDs).

List outreach opportunities that arise in workflows using this module (reference specific TaskIDs).