Consider making Method Description a required field about ngt-archive HOT 8 CLOSED

For consistency with long-term preservation requirements, it would be good to add a check for the Description field so that it has at least 100 words.

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@emilyarobles Do you agree with this requirement?

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This is for the Method Description field right? Just want to confirm because Gilberto's response only said Description. I think that a 100 word minimum would be beneficial, however just want to note that this is not a requirement of ESS-DIVE's currently. For example, if a data contributor wants to cite a paper where methods details are already published, ESS-DIVE allows them to do so in lieu of a full methods section (although we do ask that at least high level data collection methods are added as well).

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@emilyarobles Yes, this is for Method Description. Do you mind if I just put a character minium? Rather than count words? What would you suggest it be in characters?

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Actually, @gilbertozp and @emilyarobles. Since I can't actually change the database configuration on this field (there are 44 datasets with no method descriptions) I will have to just add the check in the Javascript. This will only mark the field as required. Will that suffice?

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@emilyarobles @gilbertozp I take that back.. I can add a min character for fields that allow blank null, I think.

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@emilyarobles I should be able to do the word count....

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@emilyarobles @gilbertozp The following published datasets with access level that is either NGEE Tropics or public have no Method description

ngeet=# select ngt_id, status, access_level, name from archive_api_dataset where qaqc_method_description is null and status >0 and access_level >0 order by ngt_id;
 ngt_id | status | access_level |                                                          name                                                          
--------+--------+--------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     13 |      2 |            2 | Leaf surface temperature and sapflow raw data, 11 March 2016 - 13 June 2016, Santarem Brazil, Km67 tower
     17 |      2 |            2 | Sapflow, Soil Water Content, Leaf Surface Temperature, San Lorenzo, Panama (PA-SLZ), 2015 - 201606
     20 |      2 |            2 | Global 4 km resolution monthly gridded Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) data set dervied from FLUXNET2015
     22 |      2 |            2 | PNM sapflow, leaf surface temp, soil TDR 2016-09-21
     49 |      2 |            1 | FAST sensitivity analysis
    124 |      2 |            2 | Raw leaf gas exchange data in the Amazon basin, 2014-2016
    127 |      2 |            2 | Raw leaf isoprene and monoterpene emission GC-MS chromatograms/calibrations for MassHunter software, Brazil, 2014-2016

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