By Daniella Lowenberg and Lily Winfree.
Because Dryad accepts all kinds of data, they need to curate that data for quality and ensure that the data does not present risk, and have comprehensive metadata to reuse the data. We quickly realized our shared goals, and formed a Pilot collaboration to add Frictionless validation functionality to the Dryad data upload page. Both teams agreed how important it is to give researchers immediate feedback about their data as they are submitting it so they can make edits in that moment, and learn about data best practices. Read more on the Frictionless Blog.