Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Repository managers have been using DataCite metadata to describe projects since at least 2017.

Ted Habermann, 0000-0003-3585-6733, Erin Robinson, 0000-0001-9998-0114, Metadata Game Changers, Lisa Curtin, 0000–0003–1137–7789, Figshare, Audrey Hamelers, 0000-0003-1555-5116, Dryad Also available on the GREI Blog . A new collaboration between GREI and Metadata Game Changers delivers an open-source tool to help any repository visualize, measure, and enhance metadata completeness. The Generalist Repository

Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/v2may-69s52During May 2025 we presented results of measurements of DataCite metadata completeness for four FAIR Use Cases: Text, Identifiers, Connections, and Contacts.

Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter.

Ted Habermann, Metadata Game ChangersCite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/z0nex-23v25Finding research objects that are related to a particular funder is one of the principal use cases for persistent identifier repositories in the global research infrastructure.

Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter.

Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Introduction Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/kfd68-me490The DataCite Metadata Working Group stewards the DataCite Metadata Schema and is an important starting point for adding capabilities to the schema and clarifying documentation. With their guidance, the schema has evolved considerably over the years.

Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson, Metadata Game Changers Cite this blog as Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/34brd-80j48Over the last decade DataCite has grown into a critical part of the foundation of the global research infrastructure, holding Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and metadata for over 85 million research objects.

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.