ORCID and me: DataCite

ORCID and me: DataCite

ORCID Outreach MeetingJan Brase, Managing agent DataCite

September 17th, 2011CERN

Why are we doing this?

Motivation

• No effective way to link between datasets and articles

• No widely used method to identify datasets

• No widely used method to cite datasets

Articles

Underlying data

Make data citable

Higher visability of the data

Easy re-use and verification of the data sets.

Scientific reputation for the collection and documentation of data (Citation Index)

Encouraging the Brussels declaration on STM publishing

Avoiding duplications

Motivation for new research

DataCite

Science is global• it needs global standards

• Global workflows

• Cooperation of global players

Science is carried out locally• By local scientist

• Beeing part of local infrastrucures

• Having local funders

Who are we?

DataCite

Global consortium carried by local institutions

focused on improving the scholarly infrastructure around datasets and other non-textual information

focused on working with data centres and organisations that hold data

Providing standards, workflows and best-practice

Initially, but not exclusivly based on the DOI system

Founded December 1st 2009 in London

DataCite Structure

Carries

International DOI Foundation

DataCite

MemberInstitution

Data CentreData CentreData Centre

MemberInstitution

Data CentreData CentreData Centre

… Works with

Managing Agent(TIB)

Member

AssociateStakeholder

DataCite Members

Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), California Digital Library, USAPurdue University, USAOffice of Scientific and Technical

Information (OSTI), USALibrary of TU Delft,

The NetherlandsTechnical Information

Center of DenmarkThe British LibraryZB Med, GermanyZBW, GermanyGesis, GermanyLibrary of ETH ZürichL’Institut de l’Information Scientifique

et Technique (INIST), FranceSwedish National Data Service (SND)Australian National Data Service (ANDS)

Affiliated members:Digital Curation Center (UK)Microsoft ResearchInteruniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

What are we doing?

Dataset citation using the DOI system

The DOI system offers an easy way to connect the article with the underlying data:

The dataset:Storz, D et al. (2009): Planktic foraminiferal flux and faunal composition of sediment trap L1_K276

in the northeastern Atlantic. http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.724325

Is supplement to the article:Storz, David; Schulz, Hartmut; Waniek, Joanna J; Schulz-Bull, Detlef;

Kucera, Michal (2009): Seasonal and interannual variability of the planktic foraminiferal flux in the vicinity of the Azores Current.

Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 56(1), 107-124,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.08.009

DataCite in 2011

• Over 1,000,000 DOI names registered so far• DataCite Metadata schema published (in cooperation with all

members) http://schema.datacite.org • Beta Version of DataCite MetadataStore online in July

http://search.datacite.org

• Summer meeting 2011 in Berkeley• Building up a community of stakeholders

Why are we a member of ORCID?

DataCite is about a community

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ORCID is a community

DataCite is about linking all types of scientific content together

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Author identification is one of the key issues