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DOI for geoscience data - how early practices shape present perceptions

Earth Science Informatics volume 9, pages 123–136 (2016)Cite this article

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The first minting of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for research data happened in 2004 in the context of the project “Publication and citation of primary scientific data” (STD-DOI). Some of the concepts and perceptions about DOI for data today have their roots in the way this project implemented DOI for research data and the decisions made in those early days still shape the discussion about the use of persistent identifiers for research data today. This project also laid the foundation for a tighter integration of journal publications and data. Promoted by early adopters, such as PANGAEA, DOI registration for data has reached a high level of maturity and has become an integral part of scientific publishing. This paper discusses the fundamental concepts applied in the identification of DOI for research data and how these can be interpreted for alternative and future applications of persistent identifiers for research data.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding the projects STD-DOI I and II, and KOMFOR. Substantial support was also given by the European Commission via the FP7 projects COOPEUS, ENVRI and EUDAT. We also like to thank our colleagues in these projects for the work and discussion in establishing DOI for the publication of research data, and also thank our colleagues from other institutions who contributed to the many discussions we had on persistent identifiers over the past years. In particular we like to thank Joachim Wächter for making the original study on DOI for research data available and for initiating the pilot study leading to the project STD-DOI. Last, but not least, we would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments.

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Research towards this article was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the projects STD-DOI I and II, and KOMFOR. Substantial support was also given by the European Commission via the FP7 projects COOPEUS, ENVRI and EUDAT. The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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  1. CSIRO, Mineral Resources Flagship, Kensington, WA, Australia

    Jens Klump

  2. MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Robert Huber & Michael Diepenbroek

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Klump, J., Huber, R. & Diepenbroek, M. DOI for geoscience data - how early practices shape present perceptions. Earth Sci Inform 9, 123–136 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-015-0231-5

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Keywords

  • Persistent identifier
  • Data publication
  • Dynamic data
  • Semantic web