Edmond help and documentation - Start page

These pages serve as user documentation for the data repository Edmond.

Announcements, Current Notices

Latest update: 2026-08-06T09:37Z
New Terms of Use and curation process
- On Mon 2026-07-20, the new Terms of Use came into effect.
- Since then, Edmond has a new submission process, which can cause delays of several days.

What is Edmond? - Edmond is the Open Research Data Repository of the Max Planck Society. This means:
- All data published on Edmond are openly accessible.
- Edmond can host datasets across all research fields of the Max Planck Society.
Get started
- Search and download data
  - Just use following link to the Edmond repository: https://edmond.mpg.de
- In case you want to upload and publish data
  - See page Submission Process

Start: Edmond help and documentation - Start page, i.e. this page here
- About Edmond: General notes about Edmond, contact for support
- Conventions & Terms: Explanation of terms and conventions, which are used within the context of Edmond and these help pages
- Glossary (FAQ): Glossary and FAQ, collecting miscellaneous Edmond-related information
Data Access & Usage: Information for Data users - contains information for persons who want to search, download or reuse data published on Edmond
Account Creation & Login: Help for users with Edmond account, like login proces
Data Submission: Pages intended for those who wish to publish data on Edmond
- Conditions & Prerequisites: Scope of Edmond, conditions for publishing in Edmond, Legal and organisational aspects
- Submission & Process: How to Publish on Edmond - description of the submission process
- Dataset Creation: How to create or modify a dataset
- Data Guide: Recommendations about files (files names, file formats, structure) and metadata
Miscellaneous: Further details
Legal Notes
- Impressum: Impressum (DE) / Imprint (EN)
- Privacy Policy: Datenschutzhinweis (DE) / Privacy Policy (EN)
- Terms of Use: Terms of Use