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book/policies/data_policy.md

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 # Data Policy
 
-## LEAP produced vs LEAP ingested
+## Types of Data Used at LEAP
 
-We distinguish between data that was **produced** by LEAP vs **ingested** by LEAP
+Within the LEAP project we distinguish between several different types of data mostly based on whether the data was used or produced at LEAP and if the data is already accessible in {abbr}`ARCO` formats in the cloud.
 
 :::\{admonition} LEAP produced
 :class: dropdown
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ Data that has been created or modified by LEAP researchers.
 :class: dropdown
 Data that is already publically available but has been ingested into cloud storage in {abbr}`ARCO` formats. The actual data/metadata has not been modified from the original.
 :::
+
+:::\{admonition} LEAP curated
+:class: dropdown
+Data that is already available in  {abbr}`ARCO` formats in publically accessible object storage. Adding this data to the LEAP-Pangeo Catalog enables us to visualize it with the Data Viewer, and collect all datasets of importance in one single location, but none of the data itself is modified.
+:::