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# Data Sharing Mechanism (Beta)
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# Data Sharing Mechanism (Beta)
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## Using the Share Option
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docs/2_micro_guides/submitting,_managing_and_updating_submissions.md

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2. Click on the **Submit** option, and it will direct you to the Submit page.
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Now, there are two ways to make your submissions: creating a new collection and then submitting your resource, or submitting to an existing collection.
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3. Drag and drop your file(s) or click **Browse Files** to select the file(s) you want to upload.
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### 4.1.1 Creating a New Collection
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4. Scroll down the page to find the section where you can choose to create a new collection or use an existing one.
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1. Select the **New collection** option.
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### 4.1.1 Creating a New Collection
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2. Fill in the following attributes:
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1. In the **Create New Collection** section, fill in the following attributes:
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- **Name**: This is the name string that will be assigned to the submission.
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- **Collection Description**: This is the description string that briefly explains your submission.
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- **Collection ID**: This is a user-defined string identifier for the submission and should contain alphanumeric and underscore characters only.
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- **Collection Version**: This is the version string associated with the submission.
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- **Citations** (optional): This is a list of comma-separated PubMed IDs of citations to store with the submission, just for reference. It is an optional attribute.
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- **SBOL/GENBANK/GFF3/FASTA/ZIP file** (OPTIONAL): The file should be of the following types:
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| Type | Description |
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| **[SBOL](https://sbolstandard.org/datamodel-about/)** | The Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) has been developed as a standard to support the specification and exchange of biological design information in synthetic biology. |
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| **[GFF3](http://asia.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff3.html)** | The GFF (General Feature Format) format consists of one line per feature, each containing 9 columns of data, plus optional track definition lines. |
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| **[FASTA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format)** | In bioinformatics and biochemistry, the FASTA format is a text-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid (protein) sequences, in which nucleotides or amino acids are represented using single-letter codes. The format also allows for sequence names and comments to precede the sequences. The format originates from the FASTA software package but has now become a near-universal standard in the field of bioinformatics. |
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| **[zip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format))** | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. |
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To submit a file, you must have already submitted the collection. Once you do, you can click **Submit**, and it will submit to the collection just created.
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- **Handler**: Select a handler for processing the submission. By default, only one option is provided, but more handlers can be added via [submit plugins](https://github.com/SynBioHub/Plugin-Submit-Excel-Library).
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- **Overwrite Existing Collection**: You can choose to overwrite the existing objects in the collection, removing all the existing objects and adding new ones, or keep the old resources and add the new ones.
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- **Handler**: You also need to select a handler. By default, only one option is provided, but more handlers can be added via [submit plugins](https://github.com/SynBioHub/Plugin-Submit-Excel-Library).
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- Finally, you have an option to overwrite the existing objects in that collection, i.e., removing all the existing objects in the collection and adding new ones, or keeping the old resources and adding the new ones.
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3. Finally, click on **Submit**.
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2. Click **Create** to finalize the new collection and submit your file(s).
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### 4.1.2 Submitting to an Existing Collection
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1. Select the **add to existing collection** option.
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1. In the **Use Existing Collection** section, use the dropdown menu to select the collection to which you want to add your submission.
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2. Then, select your desired collection to which you want to add your submission from the dropdown menu.
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2. Optionally, choose to overwrite the existing objects in the collection, removing all the existing objects and adding new ones, or keep the old resources and add the new ones.
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3. Subsequently, upload the files you want to submit. The file should be of the following types:
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3. Click **Submit** to finalize the submission.
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| Type | Description |
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| SBOL | The Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) has been developed as a standard to support the specification and exchange of biological design information in synthetic biology. To know more about SBOL, visit [this page](https://sbolstandard.org/datamodel-about/). |
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| Annotated zip | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. To know more about zip, visit [this page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format)). |
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| GFF3 | The GFF (General Feature Format) format consists of one line per feature, each containing 9 columns of data, plus optional track definition lines. To know more about GFF3, click [here](http://asia.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff3.html). |
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| FASTA | In bioinformatics and biochemistry, the FASTA format is a text-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid (protein) sequences, in which nucleotides or amino acids are represented using single-letter codes. The format also allows for sequence names and comments to precede the sequences. The format originates from the FASTA software package but has now become a near-universal standard in the field of bioinformatics. To know more about FASTA file format, click [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format). |
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| Zip | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. To know more about zip, visit [this page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format)). |
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### 4.1.3 Supported File Formats
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4. Finally, you have an option to overwrite the existing objects in that collection, i.e., removing all the existing objects in the collection and adding new ones, or keeping the old resources and adding the new ones.
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The following file formats are supported for submission:
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5. At last, click on **submit**.
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| Type | Description |
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| **[SBOL](https://sbolstandard.org/datamodel-about/)** | The Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) has been developed as a standard to support the specification and exchange of biological design information in synthetic biology. |
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| **[GFF3](http://asia.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff3.html)** | The GFF (General Feature Format) format consists of one line per feature, each containing 9 columns of data, plus optional track definition lines. |
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| **[FASTA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format)** | In bioinformatics and biochemistry, the FASTA format is a text-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid (protein) sequences, in which nucleotides or amino acids are represented using single-letter codes. The format also allows for sequence names and comments to precede the sequences. |
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| **[zip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format))** | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. |
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2. Click on **manage submissions**. On this page, you will be able to see collections broadly divided into two categories. The first one is **public collections**, which you have created and only you have access to them, and the second one is **private collections**, to which all users have access.
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2. Click on **Manage Submissions**. On this page, you will see collections broadly divided into two categories: **Public Collections**, which are accessible to all users, and **Private Collections**, which are accessible only to you.
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3. You can view your collection by clicking on the collection name.
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4. To make your collection public, click on the collections you want (using the checkboxes on the left-hand side), then click on **Publish**. This will enable other users to view your collection and its contents.
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4. To make your collection public, select the collections you want (using the checkboxes on the left-hand side), then click **Publish**. This will enable other users to view your collection and its contents.
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5. To delete your collection, click on **Remove**. This will remove the collection as well as the resources contained in that specific collection, namely promoters, activators, modules, components, engineered regions, etc.
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1. On the submit page, select the collection you want to submit your design to.
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1. On the Submit page, select the collection you want to submit your design to.
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## 4.4 Editing a Submission
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- **Add Notes**: Include additional notes explaining your record. You can use basic text formatting options, such as **bold**, *italic*, and underlining. You may also include images and links using HTML tags.
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