Supplement

A data supplement consists of the primary data a scientific publication is based on. Supplementary data can be archived in the repository of the publisher/journal or in Pangaea. The benefits for a storage in Pangaea are
 * Open Access,
 * own identity with DOI,
 * technical revision and consistency check by the Pangaea editor/curator
 * distribution via web services through portals, search engines and library catalogs,
 * increase of the publications impact,
 * harmonized standard format, mostly ASCII (tab-delimited text tables),
 * added values through machine readability with the option to compile data from various publications in a new product.

Prerequisite for the definition of a supplement is the import of related primary data. The following steps define a supplement:
 * 1) Import data; each data set has to be related to its reference.
 * 2) If the supplement consists of one data set, add the abstract to the abstract field and set its status to supplementary data.
 * 3) If the supplement consists of several datasets, define a parent by selecting all sets and press . Add title and export filename.
 * 4) Add the abstract to the abstract field and set the status of the parent to supplementary data. The authors of the reference will automatically be included in the author field of all sets.
 * 5) Check the valid appearance of the supplement on the Internet.
 * 6) Inform the author about data availability by sending the DOI as link and ask for proof-read.
 * 7) Make corrections until the authors final OK.

If the child>parent grouping is used, the reference related to the data sets will disappear in all childs and only apprear in the parent as supplement to:.

Examples

 * One data set as supplement: which appears as a link on the papers splash page in ScienceDirect, see
 * Several data sets grouped to a parent set as supplement to a chapter in a book

see also Publisher-Supplementary-Data

Text draft as part of a journals Guide for authors
Supplement

 or  offers the opportunity to archive supplements in the public data library PANGAEA (http://www.pangaea.de). Archiving assures a reliable access through a unique DOI. Provision in standard formats makes data machine-readable which allows compilation of results from various sources and verification by the reader. The supplement should be part of the peer-review process. Thus it its recommended to submit supplements parallel to the paper submission. A password protection can be defined on request until final publication. The author(s) will receive a DOI as a link for proof-read and for inclusion in the publication as data reference.

Due to the variety of data from the earth system, there are no specific format constraints. When submitting data, the authors may keep some rules in mind (see http://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Data_submission). Submit supplements to the chief editor of Pangaea at .

Publishers for Earth Sciences

 * Elsevier - ScienceDirect
 * Springer - Journals
 * Wiley
 * Nature
 * Science
 * Bornträger