See the section “What are RESOURCES in HORTUS MARKETPLACE?” to better understand the importance of the research RESOURCES in the context of HORTUS.

Use the “Create Resource” entry point to choose how the new resource should created — manual entry, DOI-assisted route, upload primary document route, or Extract from PDF — then move through the stepper until the DRAFT record is ready for moderation. There are four paths to create your research resource:

• Fill resource manually: this is the most complete blank-start route: you type the core record yourself in Step 1, you may add references in Step 2 if needed, and you complete metadata as usual in Step 3.
• Prefill resource with DOI: this route starts from a DOI lookup instead of a blank record, so Step 1 is typically faster as it loads resource metadata from a DOI container and more review-oriented; Step 2 can still be used to manage source references, and Step 3 remains the same metadata-selection stage.
• Upload primary document: this route starts from a file from your folders workspace as the primary source; If you have already stored metadata at file level, you need to complete just the missing descriptive fields in Step 1, you can still use Step 2 for references, and Step 3 is unchanged, but the route is especially oriented toward attaching a main file to the draft.
• Extract from PDF — this route starts from an existing PDF file and is intended for cases where the file already contains usable bibliographic information; the HORTUS extraction using Grobid pre-fills key fields such as title, abstract, sources or references so Step 1 becomes more of a check-and-correct phase, while Step 2 and Step 3 continue normally.

This upload interface lets you go beyond a simple title and abstract by attaching the materials that truly explain your work: supporting documents, datasets, images, reports, article files, and other evidence that make the resource more credible, useful, and attractive to other researchers.

It allows you to bring materials together from different places, in one step. You can upload several files directly from your computer, reuse one or more files already stored in My Workspace / My Folders, and add multiple external links to relevant content, such as downloadable files, publisher-hosted documents, repository records, or pages on other platforms that present different types of research materials.

It therefore helps you present your work like a real digital portfolio. Instead of sharing only a description, you can connect your resource to the documents, references, and external materials that support it—making it easier for others to understand your research, trust it, reuse it, and potentially contact you for collaboration.