About / Imprint

The information system PANGAEA is operated as an Open Access library aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing georeferenced data from earth system research. The system guarantees long-term availability of its content through a commitment of the operating institutions.

Most of the data are freely available and can be used by referencing the related publication or the dataset citation. A few password protected data sets are under moratorium from ongoing projects. The description of each data set is always visible and includes the principle investigator (PI) to ask for access.

Each dataset can be identified, shared, published and cited by using a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Data are archived as supplements to publications or as citable data collections. Citations are available through the portal of the German National Library of Science and Technology (GetInfo).

Archiving follows the Recommendations of the Commission on Professional Self Regulation in Science (pdf, 200 kB) for safeguarding good scientific practice.

The system is operated in the sense of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities which is a follow up to the Budapest Open Access Initiative.

The policy of data management and archiving follows the Principles and Responsibilities of ICSU World Data Centers and the OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding.

Authors submitting data to the Pangaea data library for archiving aggree that all data are provided under a creative commons license.

PANGAEA is open to any project or individual scientist to archive and publish data. Data submissions to info(at)pangaea.de

The system is hosted by

supported with funding by

Team

System concepts and development Dr. Michael Diepenbroek +49 421 218 65590
Data librarian and organisation Dr. Hannes Grobe +49 471 4831 1220
Web services Uwe Schindler (Schindlers Software) +49 421 218 65595
User service, tools and data products Dr. Rainer Sieger +49 471 4831 1189
Staff of the Computer center at AWI    

The World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE) uses PANGAEA as its data archive and distribution system. WDC-MARE publishes project specific data compilations in the WDC-MARE Reports in irregular intervals.

PANGAEA is a designated archive for the journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD)

panFMP The search engine is powered by the open-source software panFMP (PANGAEA Framework for Metadata Portals) which is also used to establish the IODP data portal SEDIS. The PANGAEA web server operates the Mirror Site for the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) in Europe.

Disclaimer

PANGAEA is not responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims regarding damage caused by the use of any information provided, including any kind of information which is incomplete or incorrect, will therefore be rejected. All offers are non-binding and without obligation. Parts of the content or the complete site including all offers and information might be extended or changed by the operating institutions without separate announcement.