.. _swh-docs-deposit:

Software Heritage Deposit Service
=================================

.. admonition:: Intended audience
   :class: important

   Partners working to connect our deposit service to their IT systems.

The deposit service allows a partner to submit software source archives and their
associated metadata to the |swh| archive.

Metadata can be also submitted referencing a an existing repository url or a
:ref:`SWHIDs <persistent-identifiers>`.

Explanations
------------

Read more about the deposit principles and usages.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   explanations/index

How to guides
-------------

To assist informed users with their deposits.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   howto/index


References
----------

Technical documentation and references.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   references/index


.. only:: deposit_doc

   Indices and tables
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   * :ref:`genindex`
   * :ref:`search`