Status: Release candidate

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

• Get it from https://arkisto-platform.github.io/describo/
• Read the Describo White Paper: Describo White Paper

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

Describo Desktop:

• Suited to individual use; describe file based content attached to the local machine (share drives, Dropbox etc)
• Preview content within the application
• Save data templates for re-use in other crates
• Export the described data as a zip file or a BagIt Bag for uploading to institutional repositories
• Load domain specific profiles defining what the user the can describe
• Modern UI / UX

Describo Desktop 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