The repeated offer by (M. Diepenbroek & H. Grobe) includes:

• Long-term archiving of all EPD data in PANGAEA, with updates of new data sets or new versions of existing data sets
• All data sets in PANGAEA get persistent identifiers (DOI) and can be published and made citable
• Extension of the EPD data inventory by relevant data in PANGAEA (e.g. German pollen data), updates can be downloaded at any time. We could also supply a specific feed for this purpose giving the info on new pollen data sets in PANGAEA

Long-term archiving is provided free of charge and includes; the technical operation of the system; the provision of DOI for each data set; the availability of all data through portals; search engines and library catalogs; and the archiving of new data sets.

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