Editing EP2DCOverview (section)

=Trialing the EP2DC Service=

As already mentioned, EP2DC is a module designed to serve the data capture needs of the scientific community. A demonstrator has been integrated with the [https://mdc-s1.soton.ac.uk/ Materials Data Centre], itself presently configured to manage data that comply with the MatDB schema. To trial the service, perhaps in anticipation of installing at your own EPrints repository, or simply to gain an understanding of the direction data management in the UK HE sector is taking, you are invited to upload a sample file and data set, as follows:
* Navigate to [http://ep2dc-s1.soton.ac.uk EP2DC EPrints Repository].
* If not already registered, use the <em>Create Account</em> link at the top left of the landing page to create an account.
* Once logged-in, click the <em>New Item</em> button on the Manage Deposits page. This opens the Edit Item page, which is the entry point for depositing a new item.
* The workflow for creating/editing a deposit is shown in a navigable bar towards the top of the page, as shown in the figure:
[[Image:EPrints_navigable_stages.png||center]]
* The EPrints stages are designed to be intuitive, with Help icons adjacent to each field. Required fields are marked with a red star, but in an effort to simplify the process of depositing an item, these are kept to a minimum.
* The new stage that the EP2DC module introduces is labelled EP2DC Data. At this stage you can upload a MatDB-compliant data set, add some additional metadata, and set the access rights, which are open, accessible to registered users, or available on demand. For the purposes of trialing the service, a sample data set at [[SampleMatDBCompliantDataSet]] can be copy/pasted into an XML file (the XML extension is important because the EP2DC module filters on this file type).
* At the <em>Deposit</em>, clicking <em>Deposit</em> will deposit the data set to the MDC repository, and the accompanying manuscript (or other unit of work associated with the data) to the EP2DC EPrints repository.
* Once the data (and the accompanying manuscript or other unit of work associated with the data) are deposited, the standard EPrints search options can be used to retrieve the deposit.