Registering your data with

KNB

BEAM Workshop

Samantha RomanelloLong Term Ecological Research

University of New Mexico

In this session we will give you an opportunity to register one of your data sets using the KNB data registry.

Data Registries Why are they important?

KNB Data Registry Created

through a cooperative effort

Based on software developed through the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity

a national network intended to facilitate ecological and environmental research on biocomplexity.

is an efficient way to discover, access, interpret, integrate and analyze complex ecological data from a highly-distributed set of field stations, laboratories, research sites, and individual researchers.

KNB Data Registry A variety of different

interfaces based on organizational needs

http://knb.ecoinformatics.org

Searching with KNB

Simple and advanced searching available

Simple searching through given fields or simple string

Advance searching author’s last name or title

Example searching for productivity

Simple search using productivity

Primary production

Associated Metadata Data Set Data Table Xml files

Registering with KNB

http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/

in the lower left-hand part of your screen you will notice a login & registration box

Registering with KNB

Registering with KNB

Click on link “create new account” to open the window where you can create your metacat account

This window will open

Please fill in the registration information

Register as unaffiliated

Information in red is required.

Creating your Metacat Account

If you skip any of the information in red you will get the following error

Creating your Metacat Account

Write down this information as you will need your username and password to create your profile in Morpho!

You can use this account to search for data on the KNB website and to access data on Morpho

Creating your Metacat Account

Once you have successfully registered return to the home page.in the lower right-hand part of your screen you will notice a data management box

Registering your data on line

Registering your data on line

Click on link “Register your dataset online” to open the new window

Registering your data on line

Information in red is required

If you have questions…click on the link for “guide on how to complete data registry entries” or the “what is this” link

Data Registry Guide

This is the guide that will open when you click on the link “guide on how to complete data registry entries”

Registering your data on line

What is this?

The same guide will open when you click on the link “what is this”

Associated Parties

Click on this link to add additional people

A new box will open

Associated Parties

Associated Parties

Use the pull down menu to associate role

Keywords

Click on this link to add additional keywords

Keywords

A new box will open For the purposes of this activity lets add the keyword training

Keywords

If you know you can describe the keyword type

Keywords

And the associated thesaurus

TaxonomicClick on this link to add additional Taxonomic information

A new box will open

Taxonomic

Methods Click on

this link to add additional paragraphs

Methods A new

box will open

Data Set Contact Check this

box to use the same name and address as the PRINCIPAL DATA SET OWNER

Data Medium

There is a pull down menu describe the medium the data is saved

Constraints

There is a pull down menu to allow who can use the data

Error message

Click on here to return to form

Return to data entry form

Keep entering in metadataInformation in red is requiredIf you have questions…click on the link for guide on how to complete data registry entries or what is this

Please continue on your own or in small groups entering metadata your datasets.

Feel free to ask questions of the trainers. When everyone has completed registering

one of their datasets we will resume with the morpho presentation and exercise.