AUTHOR=Hörstmann Cora , Buttigieg Pier Luigi , Simpson Pauline , Pearlman Jay , Waite Anya M. 

TITLE=Perspectives on Documenting Methods to Create Ocean Best Practices

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.556234

DOI=10.3389/fmars.2020.556234

ISSN=2296-7745

ABSTRACT=<p>This perspective outlines how authors of ocean methods, guides, and standards can harmonize their work across the scientific community. We reflect on how documentation practices can be linked to modern information technologies to improve discoverability, interlinkages, and thus the evolution of distributed methods into common best practices within the ocean community. To show how our perspectives can be turned into action, we link them to guidance on using the IOC-UNESCO Ocean Best Practice System to support increased collaboration and reproducibility during and beyond the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development.</p>