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Coscine-JARDS

JARDS (Joint Application, Review, and Dispatch Service) is software designed and used for allocating computing time or storage and data processing resources. Since July 2023, Coscine has been using its own JARDS instance (Coscine-JARDS) for the allocation of storage resources, thereby creating a basis for the allocation processes for storage resources on DataStorage.nrw.

Login

Before you can log in, you must select the resource for which you want to request storage space.

The Coscine-JARDS platform starting page, featuring a drop-down menu with a red border for selecting resource types.

Figure 1 - Coscine-JARDS Starting Page

Register with Coscine using your official university email address.

RegApp login window.

Figure 2 - RegApp

You will then receive an authentication email. Simply follow the link in the email.

Here you can create new applications and edit existing ones.

Create an application

The procedure is explained below using an S3 application as an example. The storage space request for web resources looks identical, but contains fewer questions regarding metadata entry.

To create a new application, click on the corresponding button.

The homepage of the Coscine-JARDS platform, featuring a red-bordered button for creating a new application.

Figure 3 - Create a new storage space request

You will then be guided through a series of questions required for the application, at which point an application ID will also be assigned. Make sure that all mandatory fields (*) are filled in.

Contact information and institution

The email address specified in the callback is automatically adopted as the email address of the principal investigator (PI). Please note that the principal investigator (PI) must have at least a doctorate or equivalent qualification. The principal investigator (PI) can also be designated as the person of contact (PC).

A form to be filled in with the details of the PIs and PCs.

Fugure 4 - Information on PI and PC

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Please note that the principal investigator (PI) must have at least a doctorate or equivalent qualification.

A list of all available institutions.

Figure 5 - Select the institution from the list

Please ensure that the title of the principal investigator (PI) is entered correctly.

Project information form.

Figure 6 - Project information

If your institution or organisation is not listed, you can add it manually.

Project information

The quality and significance of the information you provide are decisive in determining whether your application is approved or rejected.

A form in which the project workflow is to be explained.

Figure 7 - Workflow and structure

If you wish to request an expansion, select ‘No’ when asked if this is your first request for storage space for this project.

Workflow and structure

This part is only for S3 resources. If you are submitting a web application, you can skip this section.

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Bei Anträgen für S3-Ressourcen muss die Metadatenverwaltung verständlich und möglichst detailliert darlegt werden, da eine Abfrage über Coscine nicht stattfindet.

Option to upload supporting material to help explain your workflow even more clearly.

Figure 8 - Upload files

Upload files

Here you can upload supporting materials, such as a data management plan (DMP), to help reviewers better understand your data and metadata workflow.

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Figure 9 - Upload files

Only one PDF file containing all relevant information is permitted.

Submission

Please ensure that your information is as detailed as possible. This will help us to avoid any queries and process your application more quickly. It is not possible to submit an application if one or more mandatory fields are incomplete or invalid. In this case, the missing parts will be marked in red.

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Click the Submit button to send the application to us. From this point on, you will no longer be able to edit it, but only copy and resubmit it.

Forms containing missing or incorrect data are marked with a red warning symbol.

Abbildung 9 - Incomplete fields