Application Programming Interface for the Modern Ocean Sedimentary Inventory and Archive of Carbon database
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The growing use of data repositories in marine geosciences has led to dispersed and unstandardized datasets, making compilation and harmonization time-consuming. To address this, the Modern Ocean Sediment Archive and Inventory of Carbon (MOSAIC) database was created, focusing on factors impacting organic carbon distribution in marine sediments. It has expanded significantly in coverage and complexity, stored as a PostgreSQL database. To enhance accessibility, this project will develop an Application Programming Interface (API) with a user-friendly web interface for querying MOSAIC. Python and R packages will also be created for researchers to integrate MOSAIC into their analysis workflows, ensuring reproducibility. This project promotes Open Research Data practices in marine geosciences.