The DataCite Metadata Working Group has been working on the next batch of Metadata Schema changes—and we need your feedback! Today, we are sharing a new Request for Comments (RFC) with several proposed changes to the DataCite Metadata Schema. Since Schema 4.5 was finalized, we have been working on numerous ideas put forward by the DataCite community—some of which are reflected in this RFC.

Today, we are releasing DataCite’s first public data file with metadata for over 52 million DOIs.  DataCite DOI metadata has always been openly available. In line with our commitment to the POSI principles, we make all metadata registered with DataCite part of the public domain through a CC0 copyright waiver.

At DataCite, we are dedicated to fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the advancement of best practices within communities worldwide. In line with this commitment, we are excited to announce the launch of the DataCite Consortia Partnership Program.

Casos de uso de DataCite en todo el mundo: Bienvenidos a nuestra serie de blogs que destacan cómo las instituciones de investigación integran la infraestructura de DataCite en sus sistemas y flujos de trabajo.

DataCite use cases around the world: Welcome to our blog series shining a spotlight on how research institutions integrate DataCite infrastructure into their systems and workflows.

Standards & More Standards Metadata standards are fundamental to the semantic web and database management; they form the basis for data discovery, sharing, and organization across a range of domains.

The above was the theme of ‘Persistent Identifiers for Open Science in Japan (and Asia Pacific)’ [English/Japanese], held on 12 December 2023 in Tokyo and co-located with the International Symposium on Data Science 2023 (DSWS-2023; see below for more on this). This in-person event brought together local, regional, and international stakeholders to learn about what is happening within Japan and APAC (and beyond) to increase persistent identifier (PID) adoption, and network on how to better connect national and global research infrastructure. It was co-organized by ORCID and DataCite alongside their respective Consortium Leads in Japan, the Academic eXchange for Information Environment and Strategy (AXIES) and the Japan Link Center (JaLC; hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)).

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If everything we hear is to be believed, anything we’d like to know is one simple natural language query away, formatted beautifully, reliably researched, and with insights that would have taken us a lifetime to derive. By joining DataCite’s Product team, I hope to help get us just a little closer to that vision. I come from a Computer Science and Library technology background.

DataCite use cases around the world: Welcome to our new blog series shining a spotlight on how research institutions integrate DataCite infrastructure into their systems and workflows. Join us as we explore real-world examples, best practices, and the impact of the DataCite community. Lynn Woolfrey manages the research data service at DataFirst at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Mid-October to early December 2023 saw us once again survey you, the DataCite community, about whether we service your needs in terms of the products we offer, support we provide to you, and events we organize. As a community, we are guided by the current and future priorities of our Members to ensure that we remain valuable and relevant to you. General Around 17% of DataCite Members took part in the 2023 survey.

The DataCite Ambassador Program was officially launched in late 2023 to expand our engagement with communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This initiative creates a network of dedicated volunteers that raise awareness, increase adoption, foster collaboration, and promote best practices among local communities in countries and regions where awareness of persistent identifier (PID) infrastructure is still low.