Journal:Persistent identification of instruments
| Full article title | Persistent identification of instruments |
|---|---|
| Journal | Data Science Journal |
| Author(s) |
Stocker, Markus; Darroch, Louise; Krahl, Rolf; Habermann, Ted; Devaraju, Anusuriya; Schwardmann, Ulrich; D'Onofrio, Claudio; Häggström, Ingemar |
| Author affiliation(s) |
TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, University of Bremen, British Oceanographic Data Centre, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Metadata Game Changers, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen, Lund University, EISCAT Scientific Association |
| Primary contact | Email: markus dot stocker at tib dot eu |
| Year published | 2020 |
| Volume and issue | 19(1) |
| Article # | 18 |
| DOI | 10.5334/dsj-2020-018 |
| ISSN | 1683-1470 |
| Distribution license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Website | https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2020-018/ |
| Download | https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2020-018/galley/962/download/ (PDF) |
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Abstract
Instruments play an essential role in creating research data. Given the importance of instruments and associated metadata to the assessment of data quality and data reuse, globally unique, persistent, and resolvable identification of instruments is crucial. The Research Data Alliance Working Group Persistent Identification of Instruments (PIDINST) developed a community-driven solution for persistent identification of instruments, which we present and discuss in this paper. Based on an analysis of 10 use cases, PIDINST developed a metadata schema and prototyped schema implementation with DataCite and ePIC as representative persistent identifier infrastructures, and with HZB (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie) and the BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) as representative institutional instrument providers. These implementations demonstrate the viability of the proposed solution in practice. Moving forward, PIDINST will further catalyze adoption and consolidate the schema by addressing new stakeholder requirements.
Keywords: persistent identification, instruments, metadata, DOI, handle
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