The document describes several components that support research data publishing and sharing:
- SEAD Member Node shares and preserves data across multiple repositories and increases visibility through DataONE.
- Curbee is a Java pipeline that accepts research objects, validates contents, generates metadata, notifies repositories, and synchronizes with DataONE.
- A recommendation engine responds to requests for recommendations on appropriate repositories for research objects based on profiles of people, data, and repositories.
- Komadu is a basic but popular SEAD repository that stores research objects as zipped archives and exposes contents through landing pages, assigning DOIs.