DataCite: More Than Just DOIs (Metadata & Preservation “Deep Dive” Webinar series for ICPSR staff)

Abstract

This presentation was part of a 2021-2022 ICPSR Metadata & Preservation unit "Deep Dive" Webinar series for ICPSR staff. The presentation abstract:

ICPSR obtains our DOIs -- persistent identifiers for data collections -- from DataCite, a large DOI registration agency. DOIs make it possible for users to find our data over long periods of time since DOIs don’t change and will take users to the correct landing page, even when URLs or data stewards change.

DataCite would be an important partner if it only provided DOIs, but they offer more. This presentation will highlight both the DOI registration service, and other Datacite offerings. These include DataCite Commons, a discovery service that enables simple data searches while also showing the connections between content with DOIs. We’ll also discuss Event Data, a joint service by DataCite and Crossref, which retrieves and exposes the activity that occurs around research data objects. The presentations will address questions like:

-What is the DataCite metadata schema, and what are its unique features? -How did the ICPSR DOI metadata change in the transition from our previous DOI registrar? -How can the ICPSR integrate DataCite’s support for unique identifiers and relationship types into our DataCite -metadata? -What is DataCite Commons, and how does it map the relationships between content with DOIs and the people, research organizations, and funders that generate that content? -What is Event Data? How can it be used to explore the links between publications and data and other parts of the research process, such as citations, reuse, and documentation?