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 1. Preparation of the non-personal metadata
 1. File submission
 
+The signing of a DPC has to be finalized before a Data Steward is allowed to interact with the non-personal metadata. Preparation of the metadata and file submission can be done on the submitter side in parallel.
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 ## 2. Metadata preparation
 The GHGA metadata model aims at facilitating comprehensive submissions that maximize the amount of collected metadata in a FAIR manner. To provide a streamlined submission of metadata, the model is designed to closely resemble a bottom-up-omics experiment. Submissions can be either prepared in JSON format or by using a [submission spreadsheet](https://github.com/ghga-de/ghga-metadata-schema/tree/main/spreadsheets). An example submission can be found in our [Github repository containing example data](https://github.com/ghga-de/example-data). The provided metadata are categorized as **Research Metadata** and **Administrative Metadata**, whereas the former collect information about the experimental and data acquisition process and the latter about data access, rights management and disposition.