# Data Reporting Formats The DOE's Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research program supported the development of the data reporting formats. {% hint style="info" %} Each reporting format has documentation hosted on both **GitBook** and **Github**. Content is exactly the same on both platforms; however, the **GitBook** interface is generally more user-friendly, while on **GitHub** visitors can more easily submit comments and suggestions thorough ***GitHub issues**.* Additionally, for ease of access to the reporting format templates, links to the respective templates are linked with each reporting format table. {% endhint %} | Which type of data are you collecting or archiving? | Relevant Reporting Format | | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | All data types | [File Level Metadata](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#file-level-metadata) | | Data stored in Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files | [CSV Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#csv-file-structure) | | Samples of any type | [Sample ID and Metadata Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#sample-id-metadata) | | Soil respiration | [Soil Respiration Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#soil-respiration) | | Leaf-level gas exchange | [Leaf-level Gas Exchange Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#leaf-level-gas-exchange) | | Hydrologic monitoring | [Hydrologic Monitoring Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#hydrologic-monitoring) | | Water and soil chemistry | [Water and Soil Chemistry Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#water-and-soil-chemistry) | | 16S amplicon sequencing | [Amplicon Sequencing Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#16s-amplicon-sequencing) | | Model data | [Model Data Archiving Guidelines](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#model-data-archiving) | | Location metadata | [Location metadata Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#location-metadata) | | Unoccupied Aerial System data | [UAS Reporting Format](https://docs.ess-dive.lbl.gov/contributing-data/data-reporting-formats#unoccupied-aerial-system-data) | ## File Level Metadata | **File Level Metadata** | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Provide metadata for each data file uploaded to ESS-DIVE | | Who should use | Anyone submitting files to ESS-DIVE, regardless of file type | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-file-level-metadata) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/file-level-metadata-reporting-format/); [FLMD](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-file-level-metadata/blob/main/flmd_template.csv) and [DD](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-file-level-metadata/blob/main/CSV_dd/CSV_dd_template.csv) Templates | | Authors | Terri Velliquette; Ranjeet Devarakonda; Jessica N. Welch; Michael Crow; Susan Heinz | | Institution | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | ## CSV File Structure | **CSV File Structure** | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Guidance for formatting CSV files submitted to ESS-DIVE | | Who should use | Anyone submitting tabular data stored in CSV files to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-csv-structure) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/csv-file-structure-reporting-format/) | | Authors | Terri Velliquette; Ranjeet Devarakonda; Jessica N. Welch; Michael Crow; Susan Heinz | | Institution | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | ## Sample ID Metadata | Sample ID Metadata | **Status: READY TO USE** | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Provide guidelines for assigning sample identifiers, describing sample collection details, and linking samples to related data in ESS-DIVE and elsewhere | | Who should use | Anyone submitting biological and/or environmental sample data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-sample-id-metadata) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/sample-id-and-metadata/); [Template](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-sample-id-metadata/blob/master/sampleTemplate.xls) | | Authors | Joan Damerow | | Institution | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | ## Soil Respiration | Soil Respiration | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Purpose | Guidance for structuring data and metadata for soil respiration observations | | Who should use | Anyone submitting soil respiration data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-soil-respiration) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/soil-respiration-reporting-format/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-soil-respiration/tree/main/templates) | | Authors | Ben Bond-Lamberty and Stephanie Pennington | | Institution | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | ## Leaf-level Gas Exchange | Leaf-level Gas Exchange | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Purpose | Provides guidance for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata | | Who should use | Anyone submitting leaf gas exchange data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-leaf-gas-exchange) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/leaf-level-gas-exchange/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-leaf-gas-exchange/tree/master/templates) | | Authors | Kim Ely and Alistair Rogers | | Institution | Brookhaven National Laboratory | ## Hydrologic Monitoring | Hydrologic Monitoring | Status: **READY TO USE** | | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Guidance for reporting metrics such as water level, temperature, conductivity and more. | | Who should use | Anyone submitting hydrologic monitoring data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-hydrologic-monitoring) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/hydrologic-monitoring-data-and-metadata/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-hydrologic-monitoring/tree/main/templates) | | Authors | Amy Goldman | | Institution | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | ## Water and Soil Chemistry | Water and Soil Chemistry | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Provide guidance to format chemical concentration data for water, soil and sediment | | Who should use | Anyone submitting water soil chemistry data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-water-soil-sed-chem) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/water-soil-sediment-chemistry-reporting-format/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-water-soil-sed-chem/tree/main/templates) | | Authors | Kristin Boye | | Institution | SLAC National Accelerator Lab | ## 16S Amplicon Sequencing | Sample ID Metadata | Status: **READY TO USE** | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Provide guidance for scientists producing 16S abundance data products | | Who should use | Anyone submitting 16S amplicon abundance tables to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-amplicon) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/amplicon-sequencing-reporting-format/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-amplicon/tree/main/templates_and_maps) | | Authors | Pamela Weisenhorn | | Institution | Argonne National Lab | ## Model Data Archiving | Sample | Status: **READY TO USE** | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Purpose | Provide guidance to structure model data submissions | | Who should use | Anyone submitting model data to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-model-data-archiving-guidelines) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/model-data-archiving-guidelines/) | | Authors | Maegen Simmons | | Institution | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | ## Location metadata | Location | Status: READY TO USE | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Provide recommendations about describing research locations | | Who should use | Researchers submitting data about locations to ESS-DIVE | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-location-metadata) or [GitBook](https://ess-dive.gitbook.io/location-metadata/); [Templates](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-location-metadata/tree/main/templates) | | Authors | Rob Crystal-Ornelas | | Institution | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | ## Unoccupied Aerial System data | UAS Data | Status: READY TO USE | | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | Purpose | Metadata content and data organization recommendations for UAS | | Who should use | Researchers collecting and formatting UAS data | | Documentation | [GitHub](https://github.com/ess-dive-community/essdive-uas) | | Authors | Kim Ely and Shawn Serbin | | Institution | Brookhaven National Lab |