News & Updates

This section tracks meaningful changes to standards, workflows, and documentation.

Recent updates

2026-03 — Reflection: From Data Stewardship to Data Practice

• new long-form reflection on DSU outcomes, lessons, and next-step recommendations
• includes direct links to the ontology, SDIS, Salmon Data Package spec, metasalmon, and related tools/services
• read it here: From Data Stewardship to Data Practice

2026-02 — Ontology documentation consolidation

• integrated ontology conventions guidebook into DSU docs
• removed duplicate in-site term explorer path
• set WIDOCO as formal canonical reference path

2026-02 — FSAR workflow alignment for SPSR

• clarified SPSR as a primary intake pathway for FSAR-oriented datasets
• added SPSR links in standards/workflow pages
• aligned package/intake guidance around salmon data package + wizard flow

Where to monitor ongoing changes

• GitHub commits and PRs: https://github.com/dfo-pacific-science/data-stewardship-unit
• Issues and enhancement requests: https://github.com/dfo-pacific-science/data-stewardship-unit/issues

Suggest an update

If a workflow or reference page is out of date, open an issue and include:

• page URL
• what is incorrect
• proposed replacement text or links