Method Step

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<methodStep>
<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>International Soil Carbon Network version 3 Database (ISCN3)</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Luke</givenName>
        <surName>Nave</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Michigan</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nscn-support@george.lbl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8258-8335</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kris</givenName>
        <surName>Johnson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA-Forest Service</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kristoferdjohnson@fs.fed.us</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/9999-9999-9999-9999</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Catharine</givenName>
        <surName>van Ingen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Microsoft Research</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nscn-support@george.lbl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/9999-9999-9999-9999</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Deborah</givenName>
        <surName>Agarwal</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nscn-support@george.lbl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-2396</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Marty</givenName>
        <surName>Humphrey</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Virigina</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>humphrey@cs.virginia.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/9999-9999-9999-9999</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Norman</givenName>
        <surName>Beekwilder</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Virigina</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>norm@virginia.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/9999-9999-9999-9999</userId>
    </creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/373/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Katherine</givenName>
        <surName>Todd-Brown</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>International Soil Carbon Network</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ktodd-brown@ufl.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3109-8130</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Luke</givenName>
        <surName>Nave</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>International Soil Carbon Network</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lukenave@umich.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8258-8335</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>