Register your dataset

Please follow these instructions when registering your dataset in the LTER-NL Data Registry.

* Date of registration of your dataset in the Veluwe Metadata Portal.
* Language used in this form

Metadata provider

A metadata provider is the person who created and provided the documentation and other metadata for a dataset. In other words, who are you?

* Your first and last name.
The name of the organisation you are affiliated with.
This email address may serve as a point of contact for LTER-LIFE in case there are questions about the metadata form you are currently submitting. NB: by providing this email address, you give consent to LTER-LIFE to display the email address on the Veluwe Metadata Portal.

Creator

A creator is the author of the dataset, who is responsible for intellectual input into its creation. The creator can be a person or an organisation.

* If the creator of the dataset is an organisation, provide the name of the organisation here. If the creator of the dataset is a person, provide the name of the organisation they are affiliated with.
If the creator of the dataset is a person, please provide their first and last name.
If the creator of the dataset is a person, please provide their email address. NB: by providing this email address, you give consent to LTER-LIFE to display the email address on the Veluwe Metadata Portal.

Contact point

A contact point is a person or position at an organisation (e.g. data steward, data manager) to contact with questions about the use and/or interpretation of a dataset.

* If the contact point of the dataset is a person, please provide their first and last name. If the contact point of the dataset is a position, please provide their role.
The name of the organisation the contact point is affiliated with.
* This email address may serve as a point of contact for users of the Veluwe Metadata Portal in case they have questions about the dataset. NB: by providing this email address, you give consent to LTER-LIFE to display the email address on the Veluwe Metadata Portal.

Describe your dataset

* A brief description of the dataset. Recommended to include: subject, location, time period.
* A description of the contents of the dataset. The description will be used by full-text searches, and it should be rich with descriptive text. Multiple paragraphs may be included. It should contain enough information to allow potential data users to understand the data and decide on its fitness for use. In particular, descriptions should include information that does not fit into structured metadata, and focus on the “what”, “when”, and “where” information, general taxonomic information, as well as whether the data package is ongoing or completed. Some general methods description is appropriate, and broad classes of measured parameters should also be included.
Commonly used words or phrases to describe the dataset. Format: separate keywords by a comma.
* The nature of the dataset. Examples include but are not limited to: observational data, experimental data, remotely sensed data, sounds, images.
The license determines what rights may be available to users when using the dataset. Recommend to choose one of the Creative Commons licenses. Examples include but are not limited to: CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC. Please see https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/ for more Creative Commons licenses.
* Information that indicates how the dataset can be accessed. Recommended to choose one of: embargoed access, metadata only access, open access, restricted access. For definitions of these terms, check: https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/access_rights/.

The following fields are only relevant when your dataset is published/shared online.

The organisation that made a citable version of the dataset available online. Examples include but are not limited to: GBIF, Dataverse NL, Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare.
DOI or other unique identifier associated with the published dataset.
The web page (URL) that can be navigated to in a web browser to gain access to the dataset.
* The period of time when the data collection started. Format: either YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
The period of time when the data collection ended. NB: If data collection is ongoing, leave empty or select the latest period of time that is included in the current version of the dataset (format: either YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD).
The temporal resolution of the dataset is the minimm temporal separation between records in the dataset.
The spatial extent that is covered by the dataset. Use the interactive map to draw the study area of your dataset.
The spatial extent that is covered by the dataset. Upload a zip file containing the 4 files that make up a shapefile (i.e., .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj).
If the dataset contains data acquired over a range of spatial locations during each collection period, document the minimum spatial separation between records in the dataset.
If applicable, taxonomic coverage is a description of the taxa represented in the dataset. May be as generic as 'small passerines' or as specific as listing taxon names.

Before you submit your metadata, please read the following terms and conditions. By submitting this form, you

  • confirm that you have the rights and/or permissions to submit the metadata provided above to the LTER-NL Data Registry;
  • consent that the metadata may be archived at NIOO-KNAW as part of the LTER-NL Data Registry;
  • consent that the metadata, including names and email addresses of yourselves and others, may be displayed online on the LTER-NL Data Registry.