
Figure 1
An example workflow on the cruise for logging the metadata, from label printing, to sampling and metadata recording. The steps are not numbered as the timing of the different steps vary between different users. The catalogue webpage allows the scientists to search the metadata. Details on the labels can be found in Figure 2 and the methodology for IDs can be found in Figure 4.

Figure 2
Examples of the labels in use, classified by their size: Large 25 × 50 mm, medium 19 × 25 mm (excluding the wrap around plastic) and small 10 mm diameter. The DM code in the Large label is decoded into the UUID below it.

Figure 3
The front end of the template generator as set up for the Nansen Legacy project (selected by the dropdown at the to), running on the SIOS page https://www.sios-svalbard.org/cgi-bin/darwinsheet/?setup=aen. Only some of the possible parameters are show, with the additional information for the Decimal Longitude parameter shown on the right.

Figure 4
The figure shows two examples of parent-child relation trees. Both trees display the inheritance of UUIDs from parent to child.
Table 1
The table lists the available software and the link to the GitHub repository with it.
| DESCRIPTION | WHERE |
|---|---|
| Spreadsheet generator | https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/darwinsheet |
| Drupal modules | https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/Aen_sample |
| Spreadsheet to database conversion | https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/AeN_data |
| Label printing | https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/AeN_print |
| Additional documentation | https://github.com/SIOS-Svalbard/AeN_doc |
