PANGAEA

 PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data 

is an information system, operated as an Open Access library for georeferenced data from basic research on earth and environment. Scientific primary data are archived with related metainformation in a relational database, distributed via webservices and accessible through various clients and the search engine PangaVista on the Internet. Data set descriptions include a bibliographic citation and are persistently identified using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

PANGAEA is hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven and the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), Bremen, Germany. It is used by the World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE) as data repository.


 * If you would like to submit data for archiving or publication, please find advice in the Data submission chapter.
 * An introductory presentation to Pangaea is available at
 * A generic data policy for the use of Pangaea in cooperation with WDC-MARE is provided at and may be adopted for projects as required; see also the data policy text.

Search and retrieve data using different clients:
 * 4D client > curators tool to administer any metadata and to import data
 * PangaVista > search engine (works similar to Google)
 * ART (Advanced Retrieval Tool) > data mining
 * DDI (Direct Download Interface) > dynamic query
 * PIM (Pangaea Internet Mapper) > map view
 * PanCore > metadata search
 * DOI (Digital Object Identifier) > persistent link
 * OAI-PMH for exchange with portals (ISO, DC, XML)
 * Proprietary web service as basis for PangaVista or clones

When refering to the information system Pangaea please use the following citation:

PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data,

Data sets in Pangaea are persistently identified using a DOI and are accompanied by a bibiographic citation. When using data it must always be quoted by its citation!

Motivation
'By open access we mean its (literature) free availability on the public internet... The only constraint ... should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.' 'In order to realize the vision of a global and accessible representation of knowledge, the future Web has to be sustainable, interactive, and transparent. Content and software tools must be openly accessible and compatible.' Whatever differences there may be between practices of, and policies on, data sharing, and whatever legitimate restrictions may be put on data access, practically all research could benefit from more systematic sharing of data. 'The values of data lies in their use. Full and open access to scientific data should be adopted as the international norm for the exchange of scientific data derived from publicly funded research.' In einer digitalisierten und vernetzten Informationsgesellschaft muss der Zugang zur weltweiten Information für jedermann zu jeder Zeit von jedem Ort für Zwecke der Bildung und Wissenschaft sichergestellt werden! Primary data as the basis for publications shall be securely stored for ten years in a durable form in the institution of their origin.
 * Budapest Open Access Initiative
 * Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
 * OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding
 * Bits of Power:
 * Göttinger Erklärung zum Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft (SUB)
 * Recommendations of the Commission on Professional Self Regulation in Science (DFG)