The DataCite community includes repositories that have overcome obstacles that the whole community faces to create metadata that are very complete for four FAIR use cases. Over 3000 DataCite repositories were analyzed and ten Bright Spots are recognized for outstanding completeness above 49%. Congratulations and thanks to these repositories as great examples for all of us.
Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2025). DataCite Metadata Continues to Add Capabilities. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/wgret-2kd02 During 2021, I chronicled how the DataCite metadata schema had evolved to improve the capability to address many of the FAIR principles from 2011 to 2019 (Habermann, 2021). That discussion covered schema versions up to V4.3 which was released during late 2019.
Ted Habermann Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2025). How Many When (2025 Update): Dataset bright Spot in the Driver’s Seat. https://doi.org/10.59350/5p6kw-j0740Understanding how repositories are using DataCite and trends in that usage over time is important for the DataCite community and provides input for the DataCite Metadata Working Group.
Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2025). Connecting PIDs in DataCite Metadata, Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/6s7dv-5ds58.The Winter Meeting of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) occurred on-line during January 2025.
Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2025). DataCite Facets and Metadata Completeness, Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/55etd-e8154.Background A facet is an item, often from a controlled list, that provides a count of records in a query result with particular values for the related metadata element and can be used to filter search results using that element.
Ted Habermann (0000-0003-3585-6733, Metadata Game Changers Jamaica Jones ( 0000-0002-1969-2508) , University of Pittsburgh Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Jones, J. (2025). Data Journeys Through the Global Research Infrastructure. Front Matter.
Ted Habermann, Metadata Game ChangersCite this blog as Habermann, T. (2024). Re-Curating the Gump South Pacific Field Station. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/zw0x7-dgk35.Introduction The Gump South Pacific Field Station is celebrating forty years of science in and around the island of Mo’orea in French Polynesia. During that time the field station has supported a vibrant community of researchers from all over the world.
Ted Habermann, Erin Robinson, Metadata Game ChangersCite this blog as Habermann, T. (2025). University and College Connectivity @ DataCite. Front Matter.
Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2024). BrightSpots Get Brighter. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/prqvd-2f082.Introduction During June we discussed results of FAIR metadata assessments for 387 DataCite repositories associated with universities and colleges.
Ted Habermann, Metadata Game ChangersJamaica Jones, University of PittsburghCite this blog as Habermann, T. and Jones, J. (2024). The Global Research Infrastructure and the NSF Public Access Repository. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/s2mgr-mwt45Understanding the impact of research funded by U.S. Federal agencies and other funders is an important, on-going task.
Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. (2024). Instruments@DataCite. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/8fjx7-y3229.Version 4.5 of the DataCite Metadata Schema, released during January 2024, includes several changes supporting the identification and description of instruments.