Prefill the deposit form from URL encoded values

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I've received these instructions to upload on Zenodo:

Step 2:  Go to https://zenodo.org/uploads/new?community=pv2023 
Step 3:  Upload the conference paper and fill in the metadata (see guidance at https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/create-new-upload  and https://help.zenodo.org/docs/deposit/describe-records )
- Upload the file for the conference paper in PDF format.
- Resource type: select “Publication / Conference proceeding” 
- Digital Objection Identifier: Select the answer “no” 
- Publication date: Set the publication date to 2023-12-01
- Creators: Add each author of the paper and provider their ORCID and affiliations.
- Description: Copy/paste the paper abstract

It would be interesting to be able to embed these "defaults" into query parameters, so an URL can be shared already providing these values / options as selected. This could be a small subset of the deposit form, e.g.:

• Resource Type
• DOI needed
• Publication date

That would lead to a share-able link like https://<RDM_BASE_URL>/uploads/new?community=pv2023&resource_type=conference&doi=false&pub_date=2023-12-01

I'm not super sure about the rest of the UI/UX details about this, such as:

• Should the user be notified when a deposit form is being pre-filled?
  • should the pre-filled from URL-encoded params options appear different than the default values? (maybe with ? close by explaining "prefilled from..")
• How should this option be documented/made available? E.g. how do I select some options in the deposit form and then just share the submission form in the "current" state, encoding my selections in the share-able new link?
• Should "templates" be saved server side? E.g. instead of sharing a super long URL one could create the template, save it and share a short url with the prefilled values
• Is this different enough to sharing drafts?

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