How to provide data

You can not directly register on depositar currently. If you or your organization want to upload data to depositar, please create an organization first through the following steps:

Hint

We provide a demo system at https://demo.depositar.io with the same features as depositar for evaluation purposes. You can create an account and try any functions provided by depositar. Please note that all data in this instance will be deleted occasionally.

Note

For ease of management, it is suggested to create a new CKAN organizaion for each person or organization to upload datasets.

Creating an organization

According to whether you have an account on depositar, please select one of the following two methods to create a new organization:

If you don’t have an account

Please send an email with the subject line titled “depositar: Apply for an Organization” to data.contact AT depositar.io providing the following information:

• E-mail address – this will not be visible to other users
• Organization name
• Organization url – choose an url using only letters, numbers, - and _ characters. The created organization will be located at https://data.depositar.io/organization/[Organization url]

You will receive your results as shown below within 72 hours. And, you are the administrator of the new organization.

Please follow the instructions in the email and reset your password immediately.

If you already have an account

Please refer to Creating an organization to create a new organization.

Note

You can learn how to fill in the information above by referring to existing organizations.

Uploading a dataset

Then you can go to https://data.depositar.io/organization/[Organization url], select the “Add Dataset” button above the search box, and create a dataset.

Note

For adding a new dataset, please refer to Adding a new dataset.

Inviting others to organization

If you want to invite others to collaborate on datasets, you can invite them to your organization. From the organization’s page you should see an “Admin” button above the search box. When you select this, CKAN displays the organization admin page.

Select the “Members” tab, and you will see the organization members page. Then select the “Add Member” button.

You can invite an user to your organization by his/her email or username in the “Existing User” section. Note that he/she must have an account.

Note

Due to the CKAN’s privilege design, if the person you would like to invite does not have an account, please send an email with his/her email address to data.contact AT depositar.io. Then CKAN will send an invitation email to his/her.

Note

For access privileges and members management, please refer to Managing an organization.