Descriptive metadata provides information about your data, and will help others find your data. It includes fields such as the title, author, and keywords.
Borealis provides many metadata fields that you can fill out about your data. We require some, but not all, fields be filled out according to the below guidance. However you may use as many of the metadata fields as are applicable to your data.
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Required Metadata Fields |
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Example |
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Title |
Full title by which the Dataset is known. |
Social Media Use Among Teens, 2015 (Canada)* |
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Author |
At least one author must be included on a dataset. This includes four separate fields: see next rows. |
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Name |
Format as Family Name, Given Name(s) |
Smith, John Edward |
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Affiliation |
Affiliation of the author. Write out in full. |
Thompson Rivers University |
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Identifier Type |
This provides a dropdown with different identifiers If an author has an ID, choose it here and include the number. |
ORCID |
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Identifier |
The number/identifier of the individual. |
0000-0003-1660-XXXX |
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Point of Contact |
This will be the person who is contacted about data requests and by Borealis administrators. This will likely be one of the authors, usually the primary investigator. Requires a valid email address as well as name/affiliation of the individual as above. |
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Description |
A summary describing the purpose, nature, and scope of the Dataset. A good description will identify the content of the dataset and help a user determine if they have the technical ability to use it.* |
The Social Media Use Among Teens survey was conducted by the Youth Communication Development Project to understand social media communication behaviours among youth in Canada. The survey collected responses from Canadian youth using an online questionnaire that asks about social media use including, platform type, frequency of use, activity type, and location of use. This information is supplemented with the respondent’s demographic and |
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Subject |
Area of study relevant to the Dataset. This is a dropdown. If your area of study is not represented by any of the options, choose “Other.” More than one can be chosen. |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Language |
Language that the Dataset files are written in. Can choose multiple from the dropdown. |
English |