ScienceBase
===========

An authenticated user with write access can use ursa to construct and upload hazard assessments to ScienceBase.

First, edit the two files inside of `<project>/metadata` to include all relevant information. `metadata.yml` contains metadata about input files and other elements of ursa specification. See the [Data-Spec](DataSpec) for information about the elements of `metadata.yml`. The other file, `sciencebase.yml`, provides information about the parent item into which the hazard assessment should be placed. The default values are:


```yaml
parent: 6851e986d4be027dac17f0ae
update_parent: True
authors:
  - Barnhart, Katherine R.
  - Belair, Gina M.
  - Kean, Jason W.
  - King, Jonathan M.
  - Graber, Andrew P.
  - Kostelnik, Jaime
  - Rengers, Francis K.
  - Thomas, Matthew A.
year: 2026
journal: U.S. Geological Survey data release
doi: https://doi.org/10.5066/P18RMZBB
title: Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow Runout Hazard Assessment (PWFDF-R) Collection
```

After filling out blank information in the two `.yml` files, run:

```bash
ursa export sciencebase
ursa upload sciencebase
```
to first prepare the contents of the ScienceBase archive and then upload it.

If `update_parent` is `True`, this is assumed as a dynamic data release and the parent landing page and metadata xml will be updated.

Use

```bash
ursa upload sciencebase --update_parent_only
```

if only the parent metadat needs to be updated.