PANGAEA



 PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data  is an information system, operated as an Open Access repository for georeferenced data from earth system research. Scientific primary data are archived with related metainformation in a relational database, distributed via webservices and accessible through various clients 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. Both institutions have committed to operate Pangaea as a long-term archive.

The system is used by the World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE) as 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 data policy).

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

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

PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data 

It is not required to cite Pangaea when using data from the system.

License
Data sets in Pangaea are persistently identified using a DOI and are accompanied by a bibiographic citation. The license for the use of data in Pangaea is Creative Commons Attribution CC-by of not otherwise declared. This means when using data it must always be quoted by its citation!

Background references

 * Recommendations of the Commission on Professional Self Regulation in Science (DFG 1998)
 * Budapest Open Access Initiative (2001)
 * Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003)
 * Göttinger Erklärung zum Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft (2004)
 * Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding (OECD 2007)
 * The EUROHORCs and ESF Vision on a Globally Competitive ERA and their Road Map for Actions to Help Build It (ESF 2008)
 * Schwerpunktinitiative „Digitale Information“ der Allianz-Partnerorganisationen (2008)
 * Empfehlungen zur gesicherten Aufbewahrung und Bereitstellung digitaler Forschungsprimärdaten (DFG 2009)