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Introduction

RePEc

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Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Christian Zimmermann (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Berlin 2012

The views expressed are those of individual authors and do notnecessarily reflect official positions of the Federal Reserve Bank

of St. Louis, the Federal Reserve System, or the Board ofGovernors.

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why me?

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why me?

◮ Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why me?

◮ Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

◮ Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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What is RePEc?

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

◮ Network of volunteers archivists

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

◮ Network of volunteers archivists

◮ Metadata and retrieval protocols

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

FRED

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

◮ Network of volunteers archivists

◮ Metadata and retrieval protocols

◮ Paper hosting at publishing institutions

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

◮ Network of volunteers archivists

◮ Metadata and retrieval protocols

◮ Paper hosting at publishing institutions

◮ =⇒ No central cost, everything free

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

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What is RePEc?

◮ Online bibliography for Economics, started in 1997 (1992)

◮ Network of volunteers archivists

◮ Metadata and retrieval protocols

◮ Paper hosting at publishing institutions

◮ =⇒ No central cost, everything free

◮ 1,2 million items from 1500 journals and 3000 preprint series.1400 archives

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Organization

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Organization

◮ Central list of pointers to metadata archives

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

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Organization

◮ Central list of pointers to metadata archives

◮ Metadata archive following strict syntax

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

Links

Organization

◮ Central list of pointers to metadata archives

◮ Metadata archive following strict syntax

◮ Automatical nightly retrieval of data

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

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Organization

◮ Central list of pointers to metadata archives

◮ Metadata archive following strict syntax

◮ Automatical nightly retrieval of data

◮ “RePEc services” display metadata

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Sample metadata template

Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0Author-Name: Andrew BeaconAuthor-Name: Charlie DoeAuthor-Email: doe@someuni.eduAuthor-Workplace-Name: Some Big UniversityAuthor-Name: Engelbert FalafelAuthor-Workplace-Name: Some Other UniversityTitle: A Guide to Forecasting Agricultural Output by Following Weather Patterns in Neighboring AreasAbstract: In this article, we survey the literature on agricultural output forecasting and suggest some avenues themerit particular attention...Classification-JEL: R00, Z0Keywords: Forecasting, agricultural economicsJournal: Annals of Computational EconomicsPages: 1-58Volume: 3Issue: 1Year: 1999Month: FebruaryFile-URL: http://www.geekeconomics.com/articles/thefile.pdfFile-Format: application/pdfFile-URL: http://www.geekeconomics.com/articles/thefile.htmlFile-Format: text/htmlHandle: RePEc:aaa:journl:v:3:y:1999:i:1:p:1-58

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata types

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata types

◮ archive

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Metadata types

◮ archive

◮ series

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata types

◮ archive

◮ series

◮ working paper

◮ article

◮ book

◮ book chapter

◮ software component

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata types

◮ archive

◮ series

◮ working paper

◮ article

◮ book

◮ book chapter

◮ software component

◮ institution

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Metadata types

◮ archive

◮ series

◮ working paper

◮ article

◮ book

◮ book chapter

◮ software component

◮ institution

◮ person

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Metadata types

◮ archive

◮ series

◮ working paper

◮ article

◮ book

◮ book chapter

◮ software component

◮ institution

◮ person

◮ data?

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Maintaining metadata

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Maintaining metadata

◮ many different maintainers

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Maintaining metadata

◮ many different maintainers

◮ varying motivations

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Maintaining metadata

◮ many different maintainers

◮ varying motivations

◮ succession issues

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Maintaining metadata

◮ many different maintainers

◮ varying motivations

◮ succession issues

◮ technical competence

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

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Maintaining metadata

◮ many different maintainers

◮ varying motivations

◮ succession issues

◮ technical competence

◮ understanding of metadata

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The Handle

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The Handle

◮ Persistent identifier

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The Handle

◮ Persistent identifier

◮ Used throughout RePEc services

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The Handle

◮ Persistent identifier

◮ Used throughout RePEc services

◮ Unique

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The Handle

◮ Persistent identifier

◮ Used throughout RePEc services

◮ Unique

◮ Permanent

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The Handle

◮ Persistent identifier

◮ Used throughout RePEc services

◮ Unique

◮ Permanent

◮ Unique-Identifier-Never-Change-It

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Why not persistent?

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why not persistent?

◮ Lack of understanding

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why not persistent?

◮ Lack of understanding

◮ Platform change

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Why not persistent?

◮ Lack of understanding

◮ Platform change

◮ Recycling

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Why not persistent?

◮ Lack of understanding

◮ Platform change

◮ Recycling

◮ No central authority

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Introduction

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

◮ Database with 45,000 series

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

◮ Database with 45,000 series

◮ Graphing facility

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Introduction

◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

◮ Database with 45,000 series

◮ Graphing facility

◮ Integrated in statistical packages

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

Links

Introduction

◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

◮ Database with 45,000 series

◮ Graphing facility

◮ Integrated in statistical packages

◮ Apps, other tools

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

Introduction

RePEc

FRED

Links

Introduction

◮ Macroeconomic time series collection since 1993

◮ Database with 45,000 series

◮ Graphing facility

◮ Integrated in statistical packages

◮ Apps, other tools

◮ ALFRED, GeoFRED

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata for data

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata for data

◮ United States: many statistical agencies (plus rest of world)

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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Metadata for data

◮ United States: many statistical agencies (plus rest of world)

◮ No central authority

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

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Metadata for data

◮ United States: many statistical agencies (plus rest of world)

◮ No central authority

◮ No consensus metadata format, or data format

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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RePEc

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Metadata for data

◮ United States: many statistical agencies (plus rest of world)

◮ No central authority

◮ No consensus metadata format, or data format

◮ =⇒ Just do it

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The FRED approach

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The FRED approach

◮ Set one’s own standard

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The FRED approach

◮ Set one’s own standard

◮ Identifier schema in place for new data

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The FRED approach

◮ Set one’s own standard

◮ Identifier schema in place for new data

◮ Backward compatibility

Christian Zimmermann Persistent Identifiers in Practice

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The FRED approach

◮ Set one’s own standard

◮ Identifier schema in place for new data

◮ Backward compatibility

◮ Very few persistence issues with sources

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Links

◮ http://repec.org/

◮ http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

◮ zimmermann@stlouisfed.org

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