A Guide to Using GitHub for Developing and Versioning Data Standards and Reporting Formats.

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2021Author
Crystal-Ornelas, Robert
Varadharajan, Charuleka
Bond-Lamberty, Ben
Boye, Kristin
Burrus, Madison
Cholia, Shreyas
Crow, Michael
Damerow, Joan
Devarakonda, Ranjeet
Ely, Kim S.
Goldman, Amy
Heinz, Susan
Hendrix, Valerie
Kakalia, Zarine
Pennington, Stephanie C.
Robles, Emily
Rogers, Alistair
Simmonds, Maegen
Velliquette, Terri
Weierbach, Helen
Weisenhorn, Pamela
Welch, Jessica N.
Agarwal, Deborah A.
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Data standardization combined with descriptive metadata facilitate data reuse, which is
the ultimate goal of the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) principles. Community
data or metadata standards are increasingly created through an approach that emphasizes collaboration
between various stakeholders. Such an approach requires platforms for collaboration on the development
process that centers on sharing information and receiving feedback. Our objective in this study was to
conduct a systematic review to identify data standards and reporting formats that use version control for
developing data standards and to summarize common practices, particularly in earth and environmental
sciences. Out of 108 data standards and reporting formats identified in our review, 32 used GitHub
as the version control platform, and no other platforms were used. We found no universally accepted
methodology for developing and publishing data standards. Many GitHub reposi.....
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Earth and Space ScienceVolume
8Issue
Aeticle e2021EA001797Page Range
13pp.Document Language
enEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001797Citation
Crystal-Ornelas, R., Varadharajan, C., Bond-Lamberty, B., Boye, K., Burrus, M., Cholia, S., et al. (2021) A guide to using GitHub for developing and versioning data standards and reporting formats. Earth and Space Science, 8: e2021EA001797, 13pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001797Collections
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