# Submit for Curation

## Attestations

Attestations are verifiable claims about a publication. The DeSci Nodes ecosystem uses Attestations as a coordination mechanism for collective work on the scientific record. Authors claim Attestations to [invite validation](submit-for-curation) and discussion about explicit aspects and attributes of their work, like "Open Data". Community members conduct [atomic validation](../community) of Nodes by verifying individual claimed Attestations. Communities use Attestations as [Curation Criteria](../../community/community-curation#curation-criteria) for their [Curated Nodes](../../community/community-home#curated-nodes) feed.

## Submission in a Bottom-Up Curation System

In [bottom-up community curation](../community/community-curation), submission means that an author claims to meet the explicit curation criteria defined by a community, denominated in a set of Attestations. So instead of sending your research to each community you are interested in being curated by, you claim the set of Attestations that you believe describe the important attributes of your Node. Multiple communities may have overlapping curation criteria, meaning that claiming all Attestations relevant for submission to community A may also lead to automatically submitting to community B.&#x20;

This is a deliberate design choice made for an open, transparent, pluralistic system optimized for scientific discourse around explicit quality criteria. It also allows you as an author to discover communities that align with your values when you realize that the Attestations you deem as important overlap with those representing a community's curation criteria.

Once you submit (claim all required Attestations), your Node will appear on the community's [Radar](../../community/community-home#radar-find-nodes-to-validate) where community members can find, review and curate it.

## Submitting via Attestation Tab

After publishing your Node, you can open the Attestation tab in the upper left corner of your Node. From here, you are able to claim any Attestation you deem relevant to your Node. The Attestations are grouped by curating community: All Attestations selected by one community as curation criteria will be listed below this community. Note that since communities' curation criteria may overlap, some Attestations may appear multiple times in this list, under each community that has selected it. From this list, you can Claim individual attestations, or, in order to submit to a community, select Claim all.

As explained [above](#submission-in-a-bottom-up-curation-system), submitting to a community means claiming all Attestations selected as curation criteria by the community. Once submitted, your Node will appear on the community's [Radar](../../community/community-home#radar-find-nodes-to-validate) where community members can find, review and curate it.

## Submitting via Community Home

When [visiting a community](../community/community-home), you are able to directly submit your Node for curation via the Submit button in the top right corner. This will open a list of your published Nodes, allowing you to select one or more Nodes to submit for review and curation by the community you are viewing. As explained [above](#submission-in-a-bottom-up-curation-system), submitting to a community means claiming all Attestations selected as curation criteria by the community. Once submitted, your Node will appear on the community's [Radar](../../community/community-home#radar-find-nodes-to-validate) where community members can find, review and curate it.

