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Welcome to marineinfo.org data submission 

VLIZ aims to support the data management activities of marine scientists in the best possible manner. The documentation and availability of data is crucial to the use and interpretation of scientific data.

To accomplish these goals VLIZ has developed data systems that allow scientists to archive, share, describe, and publish their data. We invite you here to submit your dataset for publication in our Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) metadata catalogue. You can do this to share your dataset with the wider world, but also if you just want to advertise the existence of your dataset by creating a metadata description without actually attaching the data. 

To create a new dataset metadata record, fill in this form. You will be able to upload your data via the form and it will be archived in the MDA (Marine Data Archive). You can also use the MDA to just store data and share within your network. You can read more about MDA further down. 

Upon submitting data, please do consider the data submit guidelines.

Selected datasets can also be integrated into larger existing online data systems as derived data or data products. A few of the possibilities are:

  • contribute your biological and physicochemical data on the Scheldt estuary to ScheldeMonitor
  • contribute your distribution data on marine species to EurOBIS and the Emodnet biology portal
  • contribute your taxonomic information to WoRMS

For more information or in case of questions as to the submission of data, please contact data@vliz.be.
The principles applied by the Data Centre when handling your data have been established in a data policy.
 


The dataset submission form facilitates the sharing of your scientific data. You can describe or share your dataset on this webpage, and after a manual check, this metadata may be added to IMIS. VLIZ is not responsible for processing this data but simply provides the service to those who wish to use it. Please ensure that you respect the GDPR when making use of this application. VLIZ is not responsible for the processing of this data but simply provides the service to those who wish to make use of it.

For more information, or to request an account, contact imis-support@vliz.be. You can find out more about the data policy of IMIS here. 
 

About: Marine Data Archive (MDA)

The Marine Data Archive (MDA) is an online repository specifically developed to independently archive data files in a fully documented manner. The MDA can serve individuals, consortia, working groups and institutes. VLIZ offers a free data archiving service to marine scientists to allow them to archive their data in a secure, sustainable environment. The MDA is a space where you can archive data, share data with others in the MDA (e.g. for multi-user project work), and also make data public (e.g. to make them downloadable from an IMIS dataset record, to provide data to referees). Several copies of the data you upload to the MDA are retained, thus providing security against data loss.

Using the MDA requires having an MDA account so VLIZ can track the source of the data and provide the necessary levels of access and security. Each action within the MDA is subject to logging for legal purposes. For MDA users, who performed what action on each of the files and file groups is visible, as long as they have access to those files or directories.

The number of submits and downloads is also tracked to report on using the MDA in the VLIZ annual report.

For more information, or to request an account, contact mda@vliz.be, You can find out more about the Data Policy of MDA here.