A new model for intra- and inter-institutional soil data sharing

Padarian, José; McBratney, Alex B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-89-2020

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-89-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-89-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Short communication

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04 Mar 2020

Short communication |

| 04 Mar 2020

A new model for intra- and inter-institutional soil data sharing

José Padarian and Alex B. McBratney

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Mar 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 26 Sep 2019)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Soil 2019-57', Dominique Arrouays, 10 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', José Padarian, 14 Oct 2019
SC1: 'GloSIS - FAO GSP', Yusuf Yigini, 18 Oct 2019
- SC2: 'GloSIS - FAO GSP', Yusuf Yigini, 18 Oct 2019
  - AC2: 'Response GloSIS', José Padarian, 30 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Review soil-2019-65', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Response to RC2', José Padarian, 30 Nov 2019
RC3: 'Review Padarian and McBratney', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Nov 2019
- AC4: 'Response to RC3', José Padarian, 30 Nov 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Revision (01 Dec 2019) by Jan Vanderborght

AR by José Padarian on behalf of the Authors (06 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Jan 2020) by Jan Vanderborght

ED: Publish as is (03 Feb 2020) by John Quinton (Executive editor)

AR by José Padarian on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2020)

Short summary

Data sharing and collaboration are critical to solving large-scale problems. The prevailing soil data-sharing model is of a centralized nature and, consequently, results in the participants ceding control and governance over their data to the lead party. Here we explore the use of a distributed ledger (blockchain) to solve the aforementioned issues. We also describe the potential use case of developing a global soil spectral library between multiple, international institutions.