VIP WDS-Paleo announcement

Please find below an important announcement from NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Information, operator of the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, which archives and distributes data contributed by scientists around the world.

World Data Service for Paleoclimatology: New requirements for contributors

Through the establishment of standard terms to describe proxy and reconstruction data, NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Information's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology (WDS-Paleo) is enhancing its capabilities to make data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable in support of data-intensive science. As such, there will be new terminology requirements for data submissions in 2018.  

Important notes for data contributors

Starting on 1 March 2018, contributors will be required to provide metadata for variables (i.e. what was measured or reconstructed) using new standard terms when contributing most data to the WDS-Paleo. Additionally for data synthesis projects, WDS-Paleo will also request that a liaison for the project coordinate their data contribution with our staff in advance of submission.