datacite and datacite metadata
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Presentation at Dublin Core Science and Metadata meeting, October 21, 2010TRANSCRIPT
DataCite and the DataCite Metadata Kernel
Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager, & Strategic & Project Planning Manager, CDL
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Today’s story
• Datasets have a problem.• DataCite addresses it.• Metadata plays a role.• CDL builds a tool: EZID
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Problem statement: second-class citizens in the scholarly record
Research dataData is difficult to manage after project funding ceases
Who has it?
How do I get it?
What is it’s impact?
Where is it?
Journal articleLibraries keep it safe.
Many libraries and archives have it .
Many libraries and archives have it and will share it.
I can monitor its impact.
I know how to find it.
Boiling the problem down & finding a solution
Character String•serial numbers•names•addresses
Object•images•texts•datasets
Long-term identifiers
Permanent Association
DataCite members
• Technische Informationsbibliothek
(TIB), Germany
• Australian National Data Service
(ANDS)
• The British Library
• California Digital Library, USA
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• Canada Institute for Scientific and
Technical Information (CISTI)
• L’Institut de l’Information Scientifique
et Technique (INIST), France
• Library or the ETH Zürich
• Library of TU Delft,
The Netherlands
• Purdue University, USA
• Technical Information Center of
Denmark
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DataCite structureInternational DOI Foundation
DataCite
MemberInstitution
Data CentreData CentreData Center, Library, Publisher
Managing Agent(TIB)
Data Researcher or Producer
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DataCite exampleInternational DOI Foundation
DataCite/TIB
CDL
Data CentreData CentreData Center, Library or Data Publisher
(opt) CDL-hosted
EZID id serviceResearcher
data + metadata
registrationrequest
DOI resolver
registration service
URL plus id
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University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Metadata makes the citation
• A few required properties• A few more optional properties4 goals:1.recommend a citation format for datasets2.provide the basis for interoperability3.promote dataset discovery 4. lay the groundwork for future services
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Where are we now?
• Sept. 20, 2010: Community comment period ended
• Now in discussion over the results…• Projected completion: ~November
• Metadata Supervisor, schema versioning
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
EZID(easy ID)
One stop shop for DOIs & more• California Digital Library is a trusted service provider• EZID creates ids, stores metadata and resolver target URLs.• EZID supports DataCite DOIs and lower-cost ids (e.g. ARKs)
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EZID: http://n2t.net/ezid
The EZID Service: a key tool for research
• Assisting data intensive research• Helping a research team• Facilitating data publication• Managing the output of a grant
For more information:http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid/
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Bridging the data gap
• DataCite & EZID empower researchers
• DataCite & EZID support data centers
• DataCite & EZID extend libraries
• DataCite & EZID enable publishers
University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library
Thank you!• EZID : http://n2t.net/ezid• Datacite: http://datacite.org• EZID website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid
• email: [email protected] • twitter: @joan_starr• slides: http://www.slideshare.net/joanstarr