Key Service

Archival Resource Keys (ARK) are provided for data hosted on the OSDC by using the Open Cloud Consortium's Name Assigning Authority Number (NAAN). An ARK provides a persistent identifier for locating data and associated metadata. For example, the ARK for the Earth Observing-1 Mission is ark:/31807/osdc-c6458e33.

The location of this data can be found by using the OSDC key service. This is done by either directly using the URL: https://www.opensciencedatacloud.org/keyservice/ark:/31807/osdc-c6458e33 or by using the form below.

The metadata for OSDC datasets can be retrieved by appending a "?" to the ARK directly using the URL: https://www.opensciencedatacloud.org/keyservice/ark:/31807/osdc-c6458e33? or by using the form below.

If you have a dataset that you would like to contribute to the OSDC public data commons, you can apply to have your data hosted here.

Locate data from an OCC ARK Key (e.g. ark:/31807/osdc-c6458e33):