NGGDPP Collection Metadata Submission Guide v2

The Registry of Scientific Collections (ReSciColl) is a metadata catalog administered by the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP). The catalog includes essential metadata describing scientific collections, which promotes discovery and encourages further exploration of similar items by identifying contacts, providing access instructions, and linking to online resources for additional information. This submission guide describes the process by which collection and item metadata is to be submitted to ReSciColl. It introduces mdEditor, an open-source, browser-based application for creating metadata records that is highly customizable and uses a graphical user interface developed by the Alaska Data Integration Working Group (ADIwg), a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Many of the mdEditor screenshots used to illustrate this document are from the ADIwg mdEditor online tutorial and reference manual, which are available at https://guide.mdeditor.org/. ReSciColl users are highly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the online tutorial, the reference manual, and this submission guide, which are all valuable resources for navigating mdEditor, creating metadata, and publishing it to ReSciColl.