WEBINAR LIBRARY

Did you know that ESS-DIVE’s upgraded Package Service API can help you efficiently search ESS-DIVE data, and get info you need to help prepare your project’s Annual Report? Join our September webinar to learn how to use the API’s new data search capabilities to quickly download dataset files and metadata in bulk, or get a list of the datasets published by your project.

This webinar is designed for Principal Investigators (PIs), Data Managers, and Software Developers. We will cover the following topics:

• Brief overview of the ESS-DIVE Package Service API and recent upgrades
• How to use the API for bulk data search and download
• How to use the API to generate csv reports of relevant metadata for published datasets*
• Q&A**

*If you would like to follow along during the webinar, make sure you use your ORCiD to login to ESS-DIVE before we begin (login instructions are available in our documentation)

**This webinar will focus on recent upgrades to the Package Service API, but we can review other API capabilities at the end as needed.

Are you looking to publish your model data on ESS-DIVE? Learn about our guidelines for archiving terrestrial simulation data developed in partnership with the ESS modeling community and outlined in a recent publication (Simmonds et al., 2020).

We cover the following topics related to archiving model data using FAIR principles:

• What is terrestrial model data and what model data components should be archived?
• What are the considerations when publishing terrestrial model data? What are the benefits of archiving model data?
• Provide feedback on additional needs for archiving terrestrial or other model data

Enhance the discoverability of your datasets by cross-linking relevant data and associated information across repositories. Learn about ESS-DIVE’s new approach and capability to link your ESS-DIVE data to other online repositories and data systems.

We cover the following use cases for linking your external data and metadata:

• Link to individual data files or copies of your data stored elsewhere
• Link to the original publication of a dataset (e.g. your project’s data archive) where metadata and data can be found
• Provide feedback on additional needs for linking to external data, methods, samples, and publications.

One great way for your project to start the new year is to collaboratively publish your team’s datasets! View this webinar to learn about ESS-DIVE’s new dataset sharing feature, which allows you to collaborate on data publications directly on ESS-DIVE. You can now assign permissions that enable your team members to review, edit, revise, or publish datasets that you have created. Our January 10 webinar will help you get started with dataset sharing and work with your team to publish data.

Computer Systems Engineer Madison Burrus covers the following topics:

• Why share your datasets on ESS-DIVE
• What sharing permissions options are available
• How to share datasets

Learn about ESS-DIVE’s new portals page that allows you to view existing public portals, and get some ideas for creating your own! Portals are customizable web pages for displaying data collections on ESS-DIVE (e.g. project data collections). They allow you to filter ESS-DIVE data to a selection of your choice and write verbose text to describe the filtered data. Our September webinar will help you create a new data portal, refine data collection filters, and share your portal with team members and larger audiences.

Computer Systems Engineer Madison Burrus covers the following topics:

• New portals page and it’s uses
• How to create a portal
• How to use the data filter tool
• Recommendations for filtering project data collections
• Recommendations for markdown resources

What data should you include when publishing one or more datasets? Our August webinar helps answer this question with tips on how to create your datasets and format your data files. This tutorial will help you get started with publishing high-quality datasets on ESS-DIVE that not only support your project, but also future use of project data. Presenters Emily Robles and Rob Crystal-Ornelas cover the following topics:

• Publishing datasets: what and where to publish
• Considerations when delineating multiple datasets for a project
• How to publish your dataset on ESS-DIVE
• How to format and describe data files using ESS-DIVE’s file-level metadata reporting format

Our July community webinar is lead by Joan Damerow, ESS-DIVE Community Engagement Lead Scientist. She presents a tutorial on how to use ESS-DIVE’s reporting format for sample identifiers and metadata—designed to make sample data more discoverable and usable.

This tutorial will help you more efficiently track samples that are sent to different collaborators, labs, or published in multiple datasets and papers. You can expect to learn:

• About sample identifiers and metadata (overview)
• How to use ESS-DIVE’s sample ID and metadata instructions guide and template
• Sample planning and publication workflows to help improve sample tracking
• How and why to use International Geo/General Sample Numbers (IGSN)

ESS-DIVE’s April webinar features a discussion on a new ESS community reporting format for 16S Amplicon data products, which is currently in development. Pamela Weisenhorn from Argonne National Lab presents community progress on the reporting format related to microbiome data, and demonstrates use-cases for how standardized formats can help link data across ESS-DIVE and the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase). We cover the following topics:

• Required and suggested metadata related to 16S amplicon tables
• Format for data and metadata (and opportunities for providing feedback)
• Current state of data integration across platforms
• Work in progress for seamless data transfer of amplicon data from ESS-DIVE to KBase

Our March webinar provides on how to submit high-quality metadata to ESS-DIVE and streamline your review and publication process. We cover the following topics:

• Data preparation resources and considerations before you submit data
• Using ESS-DIVE’s Metadata Assessment Reports
• ESS-DIVE metadata quality review process and recommendations to make data discoverable and reusable
• Summary of ESS-DIVE’s community-developed reporting formats and how you can begin implementing them

Are you uncertain about when, where, or how to cite data in your publications? Have you experienced any challenges with citing data that you use in your research? ESS-DIVE’s Data Citation webinar is designed to help you as an author or a reviewer of a scientific paper make informed decisions about citing data. We cover the following topics:

1. Dataset citation purpose and recommendations
2. Examples of data citations
3. Challenges and options for citing large numbers of datasets
4. Discussion on community citation needs

Our November monthly webinar features an “ESS-DIVE Advanced Bootcamp.” This webinar targets experienced users who have uploaded data to ESS-DIVE before and want to learn more about data archiving tools. We cover the following topics:

1. Programmatic submissions and updates to data packages on ESS-DIVE
2. Customizable data portals to organize your data collections
3. How to use the ESS-DIVE community github for reviewing and commenting on the ESS-DIVE proposed metadata/data reporting formats

Our October monthly webinar features an “ESS-DIVE Bootcamp.” This webinar is best for new users who want to learn about the ESS-DIVE repository and the features it offers to archive and publish your data. We cover the following topics:

1. Registering to become an ESS-DIVE data contributor

2. Submitting and publishing data on ESS-DIVE

3. Checking the quality of your metadata before requesting to publish

4. Submitting data using the ESS-DIVE data and metadata reporting formats

5. Citing data published on ESS-DIVE

Our September webinar features two presentations on our new Github Community Space, and the documentation of ESS-DIVE’s sample ID and metadata reporting format.

ESS-DIVE postdoc Rob Crystal-Ornelas provides a virtual tour of our new ESS-DIVE Community Space on GitHub (https://github.com/ess-dive-community), and demonstrates how to view and provide feedback on reporting formats using the GitHub web-interface. Postdoc Joan Damerow discusses ESS-DIVE’s updated reporting format for sample IDs and metadata to describe sample collection and highlights updates that address ESS sample characterization, tracking and linking related information to samples.

Our August monthly webinar features a continued discussion on developing ESS data standards. The discussion is led by our community funds partners Kristin Boye (SLAC) and Amy Goldman (PNNL) who are developing water quality and hydrological monitoring standards. Visit our Community Projects page to learn more about additional standardization efforts.

Our July webinar is a continuation of our series discussing the progress of the ESS-DIVE community projects. Community funds parters Ben Bond-Lamberty, Stephanie Pennington, Kim Ely, and Alistair Rogers lead this discussion on the development of leaf physiology and soil respiration standards. Visit our Community Projects page to learn more about additional standardization efforts.

Our June webinar features the first presentation by our community projects working on data standards. Terri Velliquette and the team from ORNL present the first draft of the proposed file-level metadata and comma separated value (csv) data standards. When final, these standards will apply for most ESS-DIVE data submissions. Feedback regarding the draft presented is welcome and encouraged. Visit our Community Projects page to learn more about additional standardization efforts.

For our April webinar, Fianna O’Brien guides the ESS-DIVE community through an “ESS-DIVE Bootcamp.” Aimed towards new users uploading and publishing data on ESS-DIVE, this presentation covers our data contributor registration process, metadata and data submission via the data portal/API, and our data quality expectations. The webinar also included a live demo, which can be replicated using the documents here.