Data Citation Made Easy

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data citation made easy

Joan StarrCalifornia Digital Library

@joan_starr

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshop

what is it?why does it matter?what are identifiers?sounds hard—is it?where/how do you start?

data citation made easy

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data citation in the wild

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data citation in the wild

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exposure

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transparency

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citation tracking

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verification

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re-use

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what is an identifier?

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what is an identifier?

What you see: alphanumeric string (never changes)Associated with: location of object (such as a URL)

Optional: who, what, when, etc (i.e. metadata)

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typical identifier

string: doi:10.9999/FK40K2GTVhtml version: http://dx.doi.org/10.9999/FK40K2GTV

location: http://www.bologna.edu/biology/xfg/123.xls

metadatacreator: Dr. Felix Kottortitle: Data for chromosomal study of catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)publisher: University of Bolognadate: 8/31/2011

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typical identifier

string: doi:10.9999/FK40K2GTVhtml version: http://dx.doi.org/10.9999/FK40K2GTV

location: http://www.state.edu/ecology/783s/123.xls

metadatacreator: Dr. Felix Kottortitle: Data for chromosomal study of catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)publisher: Dryad Data Repositorydate: 2/01/2013

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• string: doi:10.9999/FK40K2GTV

“prefix” “suffix”

identifier body language

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87441638@N00/3747944914/ By Lara Photography

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identifiers made easy• Precise identification of a dataset

(DOI or ARK)• Credit to data producers and data

publishers• A link from the traditional literature

to the data• Exposure and research metrics for

datasets(Web of Knowledge, Google)

Primary Functions1. Create long term identifiers

2. Manage identifiers over time

3. Manage associated metadata over time

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http://n2t.net/ezid

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshop

http://n2t.net/ezid

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshop

http://n2t.net/ezid

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshop

http://n2t.net/ezid

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshop

http://n2t.net/ezid

Data Curation for Practitioners Workshophttp://www.flickr.com/photos/moonboots/158788261/ By Ian Kershaw

what else?

choose your own identifier

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitschbitch/4060038899/ By Katy Lindemann

what else?

machine-to-machine

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what else?

courtesy of Oxnard Public Library, http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6c600758

community of users

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what else?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbailey/4627769162/ by davidabailey

2013 roadmapbit.ly/Yamj1M

how can you get started?

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start by starting

• Create test IDs using the UI• Try out the API• Talk to your librarians about getting an

account• Put EZID in your data management plan• Cite your data!

by starting

http://n2t.net/ezid

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for more information

Web: n2t.net/ezidTwitter: @ezidCDLEmail: uc3@ucop.edu

And here’s how to find me:Twitter: @joan_starrEmail: joan.starr@ucop.edu