This document summarizes a presentation on DataUp, an open source tool to help researchers better manage, organize, share, and archive their tabular data. DataUp includes features like a best practices check, metadata generation, citation creation, and ability to upload data to repositories. It is being developed as an Excel add-in and web application to make it easy for researchers to find and integrate into their existing workflows. Feedback was sought on features and engaging the community to help ensure sustainability of the project.

1. DataUp
Cura%ng
Tabular
Data
Carly
Strasser
California
Digital
Library

2. UGLY
TRUTH
Many
researchers…
are
not
taught
data
management
don’t
know
what
metadata
are
can’t
name
data
centers
or
repositories
don’t
share
data
publicly
or
store
it
in
an
archive
aren’t
convinced
they
should
share
data
From
Flickr
By
puck90

3. Intercept
researchers
where
they
already
work

5. Formerly
known
as
DCXL
Facilitate
Archiving
Data
Data
Reuse
&
management
Sharing
Reproducibility
&
organiza%on
Publishing

6. Open
Source
Tool
Add-­‐in
&
Web
Applica%on
Earth,
environmental,
?
ecological
researchers

7. Add-­‐in
• Download
• Appear
as
“ribbon”
in
Excel
• Windows
Excel
2007+
Web-­‐based
applicaEon
• Website
that
does
something
with
user’s
files
• New
user
interface
• Any
plaSorm/spreadsheet
?
soUware

8. What
will
DataUp
do?
What
do
scienEsts
need?

9. Requirements
Features
Best
prac%ces
check
Generate
metadata
Generate
cita%on
Post
data
to
repository

10. Status
Today:
Preview
Beta
releases
July
16
Final
releases
July
25
Public
releases
Sept
4
10

11. DataUp
Preview
11

12. Best
Prac%ces
Check

13. Generate
Metadata

14. Aribute
Metadata

15. Aribute
Metadata
15

16. Create
Data
Cita%on

17. Create
Data
Cita%on:
Get
Iden%fier

18. Upload
to
a
Repository

19. Data
Repository
for
Anyone
Anywhere

20. Build
community
From
anima3onresources.org
Add
repositories
Add
metadata
schema

21. dataup.cdlib.org
@DataUpCDL
facebook.com/DataUpCDL
carlystrasser.net
carlystrasser@gmail.com
@carlystrasser

22. Discussion
1. Feedback
on
capabili%es
&
features
2. Ideas
on
engaging
community
for
sustainability
3. Priori%es
for
DataONE
development
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Flickr
by
KOREphotos
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