Metadata and DOI support for materials data
Metadata and Digital Object Identifier (DOI) support for materials data is a critical aspect of open science, ensuring that datasets are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). DataCite, a leading organization in this field, facilitates the assignment of DOIs to research data, including materials science datasets, allowing them to be uniquely identified and cited
What the user gets
Key Aspects of Metadata and DOI Support for Materials Data:
- Persistent Identifiers (PIDs): DOIs act as persistent identifiers, providing a permanent and unique link to digital objects (e.g., datasets, software), ensuring they remain accessible even if their location changes.
- Rich Metadata: DataCite DOI metadata provides comprehensive information that helps in understanding and contextually locating research outputs. This includes mandatory fields such as creator, title, publisher, publication year, and resource type.
- FAIR Principles: The inclusion of rich, standardized metadata supports the FAIR principles, ensuring that materials data is easy to find, access, and use by both humans and machines.
- Data Citation: DOIs enable the proper citation of datasets, ensuring that researchers get credit for their data and that others can locate and reproduce their work.
- Repository Integration: Many repositories, such as those that support the NOMAD Archive, allow for the automatic assignment of DOIs to uploaded data, simplifying the process for researchers. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Service category: Data and FAIR Service
Hosting partner: Kyiv Academic University
Related node / facility: FAIR Data Competence Center for Digital Materials Research
Resources used
- DataverseUA repository
- Computational materials dataset profile
- Experimental materials characterization profile
- DMP template for RI users
- Metadata checklist for materials datasets
- Dataset citation and acknowledgement template
Access modes
- Remote access
- Virtual access
- Collaborative access
Typical data outputs
- Metadata record
- README file
- Dataset with DOI
- DMP-related documentation
- Repository dataset record
- Licence statement
- FAIR data package
- Provenance documentation