Status: Release candidate

Describo Online is a domain-configurable, cross-platform desktop tool for describing and packaging data using the RO-Crate standard.

• Get it from https://github.com/Arkisto-Platform/describo-online
• Read the Describo White Paper: Describo White Paper

Describo Online can package any research data for deposit in a general-purpose repository.

Describo Online:

• Suited to institutional or group deployment
• Preview content within the application
• Save data templates for re-use in other crates
• Easy deployment and upgrades via Docker containers
• Authentication provided by Okta or can be accept delegated authentication from another application
• Works with Microsoft OneDrive but architected to be extensible to other cloud services
• Designed to enable multi user data description
• Works with all schema.org
• Modern UI / UX

Describo Online has been engineered with potential new functionality in mind:

• The ability to connect to multiple cloud storage platforms (Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive etc)
• The ability to function as a collection-development tool for datasets such as the UTS cultural datasets