Earth Science Data Resources

The Schema.org Cluster developed Science on Schema.org (SOSO) guidelines to help data-generating groups format the metadata on dataset web pages.

The latest version is out, but maintenance, implementation, and updates are ongoing.

Geoweaver is an in-browser software allowing users to easily compose and execute full-stack data processing workflows through online spatial data facilities, high-performance computation platforms, and open-source deep learning libraries.

Some ESIP Collaboration Areas focus on specific domains. From biological data to cloud computing, from soil data to machine learning.

Find fellow domain scientists as well as experts in data, computing, and software.

How do you cite data in your work? The ESIP Data Stewardship Committee and other Collaboration Areas have thought a lot about this.

They developed Data Citation Guidelines for Earth Science Data .

Data that is both machine-readable and still legible to a human requires thoughtful crafting and dataset management.

Check out the step-by-step tool created by the ESIP Data Readiness Cluster.

GeoSMART started as an ESIP Lab pilot projects and grew into a $1M collaboration to help prepare Earth scientists for machine learning (ML) tools and workflows.

Check out the tutorials created through a special ESIP lab cohort.

The Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Sciences (COPDESS) connects Earth and space science publishers and data facilities to help translate the aspirations of open, available, and useful data from policy into practice.

The Community Ontology Repository is maintained by the ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee. It is a resource for the Earth science community to try out semantic tech, access vocabularies, and incorporate metadata into workflows.

The Data Management Training Clearinghouse (DMTC) is a registry for excellent online learning resources focusing on data skills and capacity building for research data management, data stewardship and data education.

One of ESIP’s core Committees is focused on Data Stewardship. They meet monthly to discuss how the role of stewardship and cross-collaboration in ESIP as well as in the broader Earth science data community.

Join their next call through the Community Calendar.

Many professionals in the Earth science data community have nonlinear career paths. We know that means networking and opportunities as a student are important for developing the skills needed in this field.

Learn more about our grad student scholarship and Community Fellows program.

The ESIP Lab posts requests for proposals (RFPs) for big ideas that need a small nudge. These pilot projects often grow into whole dissertations and funded initiatives.

There is also a FUNding Friday competition every year at the July ESIP Meeting.

Data management is a crucial skill for researchers and for anyone looking at careers in Earth science data fields. However, it is a skillset rarely taught in formal classrooms.

Past ESIP Community Fellows put together a do-a-thon at an ESIP Meeting to help.