PANGAEA Community Workshop 25/11 - "FAIR data publications with PANGAEA"

13 Nov 2025, 10:30 → 14 Nov 2025, 12:30 Europe/Berlin

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PANGAEA Training Team (PANGAEA Data Publisher)

PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science¹ is pleased to announce the next edition of our "PANGAEA Community Workshop" series.

This series provides user-oriented training on the services offered by PANGAEA, with a focus on modern research data management practices, following the principles of FAIR², sustainable publication and long-term archiving of scientific data. Participants will also gain a deep understanding about how to discover and integrate relevant data into their research workflows.

In focus this time: FAIR data publications with PANGAEA

What: Join us for a 2-day, 4-hour workshop on FAIR data publications with PANGAEA, where you will learn how to efficiently prepare, submit, and publish your research data. Through a balanced mix of theory, hands-on practice, and live demonstrations, participants will experience the full process of data submission—from initial upload to editorial review—while gaining insights into best practices, authors’ guidelines, automation options, and practical templates for major data types. This event is ideal for researchers seeking to enhance their data publication workflow and ensure their datasets are shared openly and effectively through PANGAEA.

When: 13 and 14 Nov 2025, both 10:30 am - 12:30 am CEST (UTC+2) (breaks included)
Where: Online (via Zoom - the link will be distributed before the event)

Please Note: The event will be held in English and via the video conferencing tool Zoom. Some units are likely to be recorded for those not able to participate.

_{¹ Felden, J., Möller, L., Schindler, U. et al. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. Sci Data 10, 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x}

_{² Wilkinson M, et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data  management and stewardship. Sci Data 3, 160018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18}

Thursday 13 November

PANGAEA and Data Submissions

Day 1 of "FAIR data publications with PANGAEA" invites you to dive into the essentials of data publishing. Discover how PANGAEA supports open, high-quality research through a guided introduction to its platform, benefits, and submission procedures. Participants will follow a complete data submission walkthrough, practice hands-on curation or explore a live demo of the Jupyter-based data submission checklist. This session combines foundational knowledge with practical workflows to set the stage for confident, efficient data publication.

1 Welcome

Speaker: Lars Moller (PANGAEA Data Publisher)

2 PANGAEA & the role of data repositories

3 Submitting FAIR data to PANGAEA

Speaker: Flavia Höring (MARUM / PANGAEA)

4 Q&A Session

11:30 Coffee/Bio break

5 Live walk-trough of a data submission

Speaker: Stefanie Schumacher (Alfred Wegener Institute)

6 Option I - Data Curation Exercise

Speakers: Flavia Höring (MARUM / PANGAEA), Lars Moeller

7 Option II - Live demo of data submission checklist

Speaker: Kathrin Riemann-Campe

8 Q&A Block and Outro

Here we have some room for a few final questions and discussions.

Friday 14 November

Editorial procedures and data publication best practices

Day 2 of FAIR data publications with PANGAEA offers an in-depth look behind the scenes of the repository’s editorial workflows and quality standards. With a special focus on the Authors’ Guides, participants will gain valuable insights into how data are reviewed and refined for publication. Interactive breakout sessions and open discussions provide space to exchange experiences and challenges, while a practical excursion into best practices and templates for major data types helps translate editorial principles into everyday research practice.

9 Intro PANGAEA programmable interfaces

Kicking off Day 2 of the workshop, this session explores PANGAEA’s innovative approaches to programmatic data and metadata access, aligned with the FAIR principles. The presentation highlights machine-actionable interfaces that leverage HTTP interactions and Signposting standards, enabling seamless integration of PANGAEA’s structured metadata (in diverse formats) and data matrices into external workflows. Attendees will also learn how to navigate access to restricted datasets (e.g., under embargo) via browser-based authentication, ensuring secure yet flexible data sharing for authorized users. Bridging Day 1’s focus on data discovery, this talk emphasizes practical tools for efficient, automated, and web standard compliant data reuse—empowering researchers and institutions to maximize the value of shared research outputs. Not the easiest meal on the menu, but one of the keys to understanding how to interact with PANGAEA data.

Speaker: Mr Uwe Schindler (PANGAEA Data Publisher)

10 Q&A Block 1

Your questions are welcome and addressed with care here.

11 Scripted data access - Introducing pangaear

Continuing the workshop’s exploration of FAIR-driven data workflows, this dual session introduces user-friendly tools for integrating PANGAEA into modern data science pipelines. For researchers less familiar with technical concepts like HTTP content negotiation or Signposting, PANGAEA’s dedicated Python module (pangaeapy) and the third-party R package pangaear (developed by OpenSci) offer simplified, code-based solutions.

The series of sessions begins with an overview of common analytical tasks—from data retrieval to preprocessing—demonstrating how pangaear streamlines R-based workflows. …

Speaker: Daniela Ransby (AWI)

12 Scripted data access - Introducing pangaeapy

The focus then shifts to PANGAEA’s native Python module, pangaeapy, which is introduced in more detail during this session

Speaker: Daniela Ransby (AWI)

13 Q&A Block 2

Your questions are, again, very welcome and have room for a good answer.

11:25 Coffee/Bio break

14 Scripted data access - Pangaeapy practical

And finally, our speaker dives deeper into pangaeapy's advanced functionalities, showcasing its versatility in automating complex data transformations, enhancing reproducibility, and unlocking PANGAEA’s full potential within Python ecosystems.

By bridging technical barriers with open-source tools, this session empowers researchers to harness PANGAEA’s rich datasets efficiently, fostering FAIR-aligned, cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Speaker: Kathrin Riemann-Campe

15 Q&A Block 3 and Outro