How to Contribute

PetDB welcomes your contribution
PetDB is a community resource, and as such encourages investigators to actively contribute to the PetDB system and the growth of its data holdings. There are several ways to actively support PetDB:

  • Contribute your own data.
  • Encourage your colleagues to contribute their data.
  • Alert us about published data that have not yet been included in the PetDB database.
  • Provide comments and suggestions to improve the PetDB system.
  • Send us information how you have used PetDB for research and education.

How to contribute data
PetDB welcomes contributions of geochemical datasets for igneous and metamorphic rocks of the ocean floor, including data for whole rocks, glasses, mineral chemistry, and melt inclusion data. Other datasets should be submitted to EarthChem (www.earthchem.org, info@earthchem.org).

Datasets can be submitted in spreadsheet form, and need to include supplementary information about the analyzed samples (e.g. geographical coordinates, sampling method, lithology, and age), and the analytical quality of the data (e.g. analytical technique, lab, precision, standard measurements). Please contact info@petdb.org. PetDB staff will help you compile the correct information.

Drafts of data submission forms are currently available for download at the PetDB Standards page.

Send comments & suggestions
PetDB welcomes user feedback regarding every aspect of the PetDB system. This includes functionality and user-friendliness of the query interface, data content, or web site structure and content. Please send your comments and suggestions to info@petdb.org .

Become a Partner
PetDB encourages data management and cyberinfrastructure projects to establish partnerships with PetDB and EarthChem. We see these partnerships as critical contributions to the advancement of an integrated Geoinformatics network in support of Earth Science research and education. PetDB aims to work with EarthChem and partner projects on establishing interoperability among systems to exchange and complement data and on ensuring coordination of development tasks to minimize duplication of efforts and best take advantage of synergies.