Data package lesson

Package your data and metadata for publication

Instructor Notes

• ask learners if they have experience publishing their data or trying to use someone else's data
• include definitions of different terms (packages, file types, file formats, etc.)
• ask learners if they've every tried to contact a paper author for data when the paper said "data available on request"
• mention difference between generalist and domain-specific repositories regarding metadata requirements, controlled vocabs, searching, etc.
• show GUI/website for a repository, and maybe a brief demo of creating metadata

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