The repository accepts data and metadata based on defined criteria to ensure relevance and understandability for data users.
Data are validated by the scientific teams responsible for the dataset before collection or dissemination by SEDOO. SEDOO checks data understandability through their metadata, and in particular the conformance to data reference syntaxes that define file formats, filenames, directory
structures as well as attributes and keys that the files should include. Consequently, the data formats used must allow for the storage of metadata associated with the data (e.g., NetCDF, HDF5, Nasa Ames, ..).