What it is¶
The Data Commons provides HTTP access to datasets published from the CyVerse Data Store, together with whatever metadata their owners attached. It is the read side of publishing: data stays in iRODS, and the Data Commons presents it to people who do not have a CyVerse account.
Published data is read through the anonymous iRODS account, which is why
zone initialization
grants that account read permission on the zone and on /home.
Publishing paths¶
| Path | What it produces |
|---|---|
| Community released | A folder visible to all CyVerse users, with no persistent identifier |
| Curated | A curated dataset with a DataCite DOI, after staff review |
The DOI workflow is driven by permanent ID requests through Terrain — see permanent ID requests for the API, and DE administration for the review steps curators follow.
This document is a stub
It records what the Data Commons is and how it connects to the rest of the platform. The curation workflow lives in the operations guide, and there is no Data Commons–specific deployment component beyond the Data Store's access services.