Validate your ARC

The ARC offers a lot of flexibility in how I structure my data and annotation. How can I make sure that it is intact or holds enough data to be published and receive a DOI?

Your ARC can be validated in the PLANTDataHUB against a selection of validation packages. For instance, you can validate the ARC

1. against the arc_specification – to make sure that your ARC is intact
2. against the invenio requirements – Invenio is the basis of DataPLANT’s publication service

Add validation to your ARC

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You can simply select the validation via ARCitect.

ARCitect

1. Open the ARC in ARCitect
2. In the sidebar, go to the 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 Commit menu
7. Upload your changes via the DataHUB Sync menu
8. Open your ARC in the DataHUB

Check the validation results

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

PLANTDataHUB

1. Sign in to the PLANTDataHUB
2. Navigate to the validated ARC
3. In the right sidebar you find several validation badges (e.g. arc specification and invenio)
4. Click on the arc specification badge to explore the test results.

The validation tests check many things, but cannot catch everything. Whenever you are getting ready to publish an ARC, we suggest you have a look at our guide for reviewing your ARC