ISRIC – World Soil Information

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ISRIC – World Soil Information has a mission to serve the international community with information about the world’s soil resources to help addressing major global issues.

General information


Type of service:
Service homepage: https://www.isric.org/
Provider: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Provider homepage: https://www.isric.org/
Provides end-user support: supported

Administrative information

Data curation strategy: All data submitted for consideration in WoSIS are first preserved ‘as is’ in the ISRIC WDC-Soils Data Repository. Subsequently, they are quality-assessed, standardised and, where possible, harmonised using consistent procedures: https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/9/1/2017/
Metrics:
Funding source: The Netherlands Government
Intellectual property: https://www.isric.org/about/data-policy#principles
User agreement: https://www.isric.org/about/data-policy#principles
Contact: niels.batjes@isric.org

Target group

Target audience(s):
Stage in research process:

Costs

Costs: minimum cost

Classification of the service

Confidentiality classifications for data:

Additional information

Additional information:

Formats

Accepted metadata formats: ISO 19115, Dublin Core
Accepted file formats: Different levels of support are provided for the various file formats depending on whether they are proprietary or open source; see list prepared by datacentrum.4tu.nl: https://researchdata.4tu.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Documenten/Preferred_File_Formats_2019.pdf
Supported data type(s): , , , , , ,

Storage

Maximum size of data:
Version management: supported
Quality control: supported

Access

Access requirements: Open
Tools/Interfaces for access: Web-interface
Supported type(s) of persistent identifiers:

Preservation

Long term guarantees: In principle, data will not be removed from the ISRIC repository even if it is later discovered to contain errors.
TDR certification(s):