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Updating schema.org metadata for data packages in the EDI Data Portal to provide rich semantic information that can be utilized by search engines and Google Scholar
The EDI technical team is now updating the schema.org metadata that accompanies every data package landing page on the EDI Data Portal with new recommendations from the ESIP SOSO project (https://github.com/ESIPFed/science-on-schema.org). EDI initially released schema.org metadata for each data package in Fall 2018. The dataset schema.org metadata is encoded as a JSON-LD data structure that is embedded within script tags on the data package metadata landing page. Along with the sitemaps.org metadata that acts as an SEO content table of index, the schema.org metadata provides rich semantic information about the data package that can be utilized by search engines (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Yandex, and even domain specific tools like EarthCube’s Gleaner and DataONE schema.org indexers) and associated applications. For example, data packages that are archived in the EDI data repository are discoverable through Google’s Dataset Search interface (https://bit.ly/3nDhT8j) because of the detailed information provided to Google’s search engine indexer via the schema.org metadata:
Continue reading “Updating schema.org metadata for data packages in the EDI Data Portal to provide rich semantic information that can be utilized by search engines and Google Scholar”Rendering of Markdown and LaTex equations in EML
The EDI Data Portal now supports the provisional rendering of Markdown and LaTex equations in most TextType elements of the Ecological Metadata Language (e.g., “abstract”, “intellectualRights”, and the method step “description”). EDI recently updated these two features on the Data Portal’s Data Package Metadata web page through the use of “showdown.js” (https://showdownjs.com/) for Markdown and “MathJax.js” (https://www.mathjax.org/) for LaTex formatted math equations. Markdown provides a convenient way to add structural highlights to text elements, including the use of different heading styles, bold and italicized text, bulleted and numbered lists, and much more. Continue reading “Rendering of Markdown and LaTex equations in EML”
EDI Update – March 2021
EDI supports temporary data embargoes upon request
You may not know that the Environmental Data Initiative provides an embargo service to temporarily block access to data tables (and other types of data) in your EDI uploaded data packages, but it does. We provide this service to satisfy requirements of many journals who request that data accompanying a manuscript be archived in a recognized data repository and assigned a valid Digital Object Identifier (DOI) before the manuscript is reviewed. It is often the case that the journal or manuscript author prefers that the data be off limits to the general public until the manuscript is fully published. For this reason, EDI will apply a temporary embargo on the data elements of your data package (metadata, however, are not permitted to be embargoed) at your request – all you have to do is ask through our support email address or directly on our Slack channel. We will remove the embargo once you let us know that the manuscript has been published. The best part is that the DOI remains the same before and after the embargo. Because EDI is a strong proponent of publicly accessible data, we will periodically reach out to owners of embargoed data to confirm the continued need of the embargo. Lastly, please let us know if and how we can improve this service.
