CEDA Artefacts Service

The CEDA Artefacts Service ( https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/) is designed as a store for grey literature items related to the archive which:

• are transient in nature and 
• can be open

If they are fixed items then first consider adding them to the CEDA Document Repository in Zenodo as that is a much better option for open grey literature items. Items that need access control will need to be added to the archive under a suitable 'docs' directory with access control set in the access instructor system.

If you're not sure where an item would be best held see https://help.ceda.ac.uk/article/4827-where-to-put-data-docs

Adding/amending items to CEDA Artefacts Service.

The artefacts service content is populated by a script that runs regularly pulling content from a git repository: https://github.com/cedadev/artifacts

Thus, to add items to the artefacts service:

1. log into the cedadev git repo
2. find the required directory you need to  add/amend content to 
3. use the github tools to change/amend the item as needed
4. commit your change with a suitable comment to aid traceability of what has been added/amended and why

The changed content ought to be live within a short space of time.

What will be the URL for my item?

Once you've added your item to the github repo then you can find the public URL to use for the item by either:

• finding the item on the Artefacts service and using the URL
• replacing the github path (https://github.com/cedadev/artifacts/tree/master/) with with https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/ .. e.g. 
  https://github.com/cedadev/artifacts/blob/master/licences/specific_licences/Terms-and-Conditions-for-the-use-of-ESA-Data.pdf
  becomes
  https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/Terms-and-Conditions-for-the-use-of-ESA-Data.pdf