How to Publish to Data Aggregators

Beyond Arctos Documentation

Publishing Arctos data to data aggregators begins with a Darwin Core archive of your collection’s data. Arctos uses the VertNet IPT to accomplish and share these files. Typically these archives are then published to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This process can be fairly technical especially the first time, but if done properly, the data will be updated at the IPT monthly and the only requirement going forward is an annual review of the collection’s metadata.

Is the Collection Already Published to GBIF?

If you are not sure whether a collection has already been published to GBIF, you can search the datasets at GBIF to check.

Yes

If the collection has already been publishing data to GBIF, there will be a GBIF dataset page and an Institution Publisher Page. Once a dataset page is found:

No

Read How To Choose a Data set

After your institution has been endorsed by the US Node, you will receive an email with an IPT Key.

NOTE In order to save any changes made to this section you must select the Save Changes button at the bottom of the section.

Publishing to GBIF or other aggregator with a DarwinCore archive

To indicate the collection’s intent to publish to the aggregator, please file an issue in the private data migration Github repository and open a new data publishing issue.

Data Mapping

Data mapping from Arctos to GBIF’s Darwin Core Archive for Occurrences (DwC-A) is documented here.

Edit this Documentation

If you see something that needs to be edited in this document, you can create an issue using the link under the search widget at the top left side of this page, or you can edit directly here.