practical guide to add "legacy data"

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Moving your legacy data into an ARC - a practical guide.

1. Create an (empty) ARC
2. dump what you have into an "additional payload" folder archive inside the ARC
   1. git controlled
   2. git LFSed
3. Move files from there (to "proper" places in the ARC)

Alternative:
Init an existing folder as an ARC and keep the current content in a "additional payload" folder

for LFS files: move pointers, not (big) files - can be done from anywhere

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1. how to handle raw data already submitted to public repositories?

• download and add?
• add list of links / PIDs from that repo?
• build a (CWL) workflow and / or CI/CD to check links to orig. files?

2. Is there a size limit for data in ARCs?
3. How to integrate scripts?
   • CWL unrealistic for all
   • add as assays?
   • still add as workflows?
4. How to reference (external) data used for analysis?
5. How to cite / acknowledge use of DataPLANT tools & services

adapted from discussion with @shiltemann