GUIDELINES FOR DEPOSITORS
Version 3.0 September 2015
Contents
Introduction to the Guidelines
Why Deposit Data?
Depositing with the ADS
What to Deposit
How to Deposit
Costs
Preparing Collections for Deposit
Data Management Plans
File Management (Formats, Structure, Naming, Versioning)
Metadata
Selection and Retention
File-level Metadata Requirements
Documents
Databases, Spreadsheets and Statistics
Raster Images
Geophysics and Remote Sensing
CAD and Vector Images
Geographical Information Systems
Video and Audio
Virtual Reality
Photogrammetry
Collection-level Metadata Requirements
Deposit Check List
Downloads
Acknowledgements
Downloads and Quick Links
Guidelines for Depositors: WWW
Accepted Formats: WWW
ADS Deposit Licence: PDF
Metadata Templates
Collection-level Metadata Template: Microsoft Word, Open Office Document
Database Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Speadsheet, csv
Geophysics Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet, csv
GIS Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet csv
Raster Image Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel Open Office Spreadsheet. csv
Spreadsheet Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet csv
Text Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet, csv
Vector Metadata Template: Microsoft Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet, csv
Metadata Examples
Collection-level Metadata Example: PDF
Database Metadata Example: PDF
Geophysics Metadata Example: PDF
GIS Metadata Example: PDF
Raster Image Metadata Example: PDF
Spreadsheet Metadata Example: PDF
Text Metadata Example: PDF
Vector Metadata Example: PDF
