DataCite and DataCite Metadata

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

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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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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

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Where are we now?

• Sept. 20, 2010: Community comment period ended

• Now in discussion over the results…• Projected completion: ~November

• Metadata Supervisor, schema versioning

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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/

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Bridging the data gap

• DataCite & EZID empower researchers

• DataCite & EZID support data centers

• DataCite & EZID extend libraries

• DataCite & EZID enable publishers

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Thank you!• EZID : http://n2t.net/ezid• Datacite: http://datacite.org• EZID website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid

• email: joan.starr@ucop.edu • twitter: @joan_starr• slides: http://www.slideshare.net/joanstarr