Welcome to AuScope Sample Repository

The AuScope Sample Repository provides a trusted digital repository for publishing specimen metadata from AuScope communities following the FAIR Data Guiding Principles and simplifying the issuing of globally unique persistent identifiers (IGSN) for specimens. Sample metadata and links to related datasets are available openly through this repository with appropriate attributions to promote open science.

The repository is essential for geoscience research innovation in support of the AuScope 5-Year Investment Plan and Australian Academy of Science Decadal plan for Australian Geoscience: Our Planet, Australia's Future.

Quick Start

To register your samples with a new collection in the repository:

1. Log in via (AAF)
2. Submit a request to create a sample collection
3. You will be notified via email after the collection is created
4. Select your collection and choose:
   • Add Sample(register individual samples via the online form)
   • Start Batch Upload (register multiple samples by uploading a spreadsheet )

To register your samples with an existing collection in the repository:

1. Log in via (AAF)
2. Select your collection-of-interest
3. Click
   • Add Sample(register individual samples via the online form)
   • Start Batch Upload (register multiple samples by uploading a spreadsheet )