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 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 at Data submission.
 * An introductory presenation 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:
 * PangaVista > search engine (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
 * Web service > exchange with portals (ISO, DC, XML)

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

PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data,

Data from Pangaea should always be quoted by its citation and, if available, by the related reference(s)!

Motivation
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. Quotation: OECD Recommendations concerning access to research 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.'' Quotation: Bits of Power