Contributing data to the AODN
Custodians of marine data are encouraged to contribute to the IMOS Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN).
The objectives of the AODN are two-fold:
- to populate the AODN with publicly funded data and to make this accessible to a wide community;
- to encourage and develop the culture of data sharing across the marine science community of Australia.
Please contact AODN for information about data suitability and data submission.
AODN Metadata Entry Tool
An online tool for the submission of metadata and data to the AODN metadata catalogue.
The tool is currently under maintenance. Please contact AODN for submissions.
Metadata
Metadata is commonly known as ‘data about data’. It is information about data that helps a potential data user understand whether a dataset is fit for a particular purpose.
Digital Object Indentifiers
A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a character string used to uniquely identify digital research objects, providing a persistent link to the location of the object on the internet, and when utilised in citations, enables the tracking of citation metrics.
netCDF Conventions
For many data types, IMOS uses the netCDF (network Common Data Form) system, a set of software libraries and machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data. The IMOS netCDF Convention describe the netCDF format and the format of filenames that will be used to distribute IMOS data.