*4.3. Reusing Data Ponds and Data Pond Templates*

To support the reuse of all or a part of a data pond (e.g., the contact details) between different data ponds, the notion of data pond templates is introduced in Hydria. When a curator creates a new or edits an existing data pond, Hydria prompts her to (re)use one of the available data pond templates; Figure 6 presents the editing of a data pond with seven different data type fields from the administrator's UI.


**Figure 6.** Data pond editing.
