Data Management Best Practices Guide

The purpose of this guide (PDF) is to provide ocean scientists with a description of “best practices” designed to enable projects to quickly and efficiently make their data publicly available through the auspices of the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO).

Please cite the guide as:
BCO-DMO. (2008) "BCO-DMO Data Management Guidelines Manual". Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. November 2008. https://www.bco-dmo.org/data-management-best-practices-guide

The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) staff members work with investigators to publish data from research projects funded by the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections and the Division of Polar Programs Antarctic Organisms & Ecosystems Program at the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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Please contact one of us at info@bco-dmo.org, if you have any questions or comments about the BCO-DMO initiative or would like to discuss publication of data or results from your project.