Also in case folks aren't aware there is already a data standardization and
archiving effort underway as part of the Linked Earth Project. It is
focused on paleoclimate data, however, many isotope systems play a major
role in climate studies.

http://linked.earth/projects/linkedearth-wiki/

Cheers,

Adam

Adam Csank
University of Nevada-Reno

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 2:52 AM, Robertson I. <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi,
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> Great idea but don’t forget there’s already a tree-ring isotope database
> coordinated by NOAA. Alas, participation is rather low. See:
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> https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/isotope/
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> The secret is getting colleagues to submit data!
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> Best wishes,
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> Iain
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> *From:* Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Karyne Rogers
> *Sent:* 21 March 2017 19:42
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Why we need a centralized repository for
> isotopic data
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>
> Dear Brian
>
> Great initiative. We’d be happy to contribute down-under from New Zealand.
> After being a participant for many years in inter-lab ring tests, and
> seeing the (sometimes) horrendous lab outliers, is there a way that data
> could be assigned a confidence factor (A+, B, C etc), depending on its
> originating laboratory?
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> Kind regards
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> Karyne
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> *Dr Karyne Rogers*
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> Senior Scientist, GNS Science, NZ
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> *From:* Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Brian Hayden
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 March 2017 07:11
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* [ISOGEOCHEM] Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic
> data
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> Hi all,
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> The last few years have seen a groundswell of support for the idea of a
> centralized repository for stable isotope data. I have talked about this at
> the last two IsoEcol meetings and there are several researchers on this
> list actively working towards this goal. Last year, Jon Paul, Seth Newsome
> and others brought a few of us who are interested in this kind of thing to
> New Mexico to try put some structure on what a repository for stable
> isotope data should look like. I’m pleased to say that one of the outcomes
> of that meeting was an opinion article which has just been published in
> PNAS (http://www.pnas.org/content/114/12/2997.full.pdf). There are many
> challenges to building a reliable and effective repository for stable
> isotope data but we hope that this paper at least serves as a ‘call to
> arms’ for the isotope community to achieve this goal. Anyone interested in
> contributing this this effort please keep in contact as there will
> hopefully be more developments on this front later in 2017.
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> All the best,
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> Brian
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