Recommended information to enter in your metadata record

The recommended minimum information to enter for the metadata record is shown below.

For many fields, drop-down menus are available to help you, for example, GCMD Keywords, People, Organisations, Parameters, etc.

1. Data Identification
   Title
   Date the resource was created
   Topic Categories
   Status of data (completed, ongoing, planned)
   Maintenance and update frequency #

2. What
   Abstract
   Research theme keywords, GCMD Science Keywords
   Research theme keywords, ANZSRC Fields of Research

3. When was the data acquired?
   Start date
   End date

4. Where
   Geographic Coverage

6. Who
Point of contact for dataset
Role
Given name
Surname
Email address
Organisation
Address

Responsible parties for creating dataset (at least one person with the role "author")

Role
Given name
Surname
Email address
Organisation
Address

7. About Dataset
Data parameters
Name Units

8. Upload Data
Data upload
OR
Data Services

9. Lodge Metadata Draft
Agree to the terms and conditions

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