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Metadata validation

The publication process is initiated with the automated validation. This ensures that the ARC meets the minimum metadata requirements for publication.

Validate your ARC

Section titled “Validate your ARC”

You can simply select the validation via ARCitect.

  1. Open the ARC in ARCitect
  2. In the sidebar, go to the verified Validation menu
  3. Check the box next to the arc_specification dropdown
  4. In the section “Custom Validation Packages”, select the invenio package
  5. Select the latest version for both packages and click Save
  6. Commit your changes via the rule Commit menu
  7. Upload your changes via the published_with_changes DataHUB Sync menu
  8. Open your ARC in the DataHUB

Check the validation status

Section titled “Check the validation status”

The validation is being run in the PLANTDataHUB, where you can also find the validation results.

  1. Sign in to the PLANTDataHUB

  2. Navigate to the validated ARC

  3. In the right sidebar you find several validation badges

    • (1): The pipeline badge indicates wether all steps of CQC have passed, or if there are any failures.
    • (2): The invenio badge is used to open a request for ARC publication via ARChigator.
      • If an ARC fails the invenio validation, it is not eligible for publication. Clicking the badge will show the failed tests and their details, which can be used to fix the issues in the ARC metadata.
      • If an ARC passes the invenio validation, it is eligible for publication. Clicking the badge will open the ARChigator interface to submit a request for publication (RFP) of the ARC.
    • (3): Every CQC badge comes with a count indicator, which depends on the CQC results, and signifies how many of the performed tests have passed, respectively.

Why does the validation fail?

Section titled “Why does the validation fail?”

The most common reason for a failed invenio validation for ARC publication is missing or invalid investigation metadata. The invenio validation checks the ARC metadata against a set of critical metadata checks.

Critical checks:

  • The Investigation has a title and description
  • At least one Investigation Contacts person must have a name, last name, affiliation, valid email, and valid ORCID
  • The ARC contains a LICENSE file

How to check and fix a failed validation?

Section titled “How to check and fix a failed validation?”

  1. Click on a red validation badge (e.g. invenio) to explore the test results.

  2. Click on the Tests tab (1) and next on validate-invenio (2) to see the results of each individual test performed in the invenio validation.

  3. Next you see a list of passed and failed tests. Click on “View Details” (3) for a failed test to see the details of the test.

  4. Return to your local ARC and fix the issues based on the information displayed in the test details. For example, if a person does not have a first name, add it to the investigation metadata.