[Esip-preserve] Fwd: [ceos-idn-interop] FW: Addition of a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Sub-Field to the Directory Interchange Format (DIF)

[John A. Kunze]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the heads up.  It's useful to know this DIF limitation when
we advise our EZID users of their choices.

-John


--- On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, Mark A. Parsons wrote:

> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:38:15 -0800
> From: Mark A. Parsons <parsonsm at nsidc.org>
> To: Liz Schlagel <schlagel at nsidc.org>, Lynn Yarmey <Lynn.Yarmey at Colorado.EDU>,
>     John Kunze <John.Kunze at ucop.edu>,
>     Patricia Cruse <Patricia.Cruse at ucop.edu>,
>     Carly Strasser <carly.strasser at ucop.edu>,
>     ESIP Preservation cluster cluster <Esip-preserve at rtpnet.org>,
>     Julia Collins <collinsj at nsidc.org>
> Subject: Fwd: [ceos-idn-interop] FW: Addition of a Digital Object Identifier
>     (DOI) Sub-Field to the Directory Interchange Format (DIF)
> 
> They took the wrong approach, but the DIF now supports the DOI (only).
> -m.
>
> Sent from my iPad. Pardon my brevity.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Stevens, Tyler B. (GSFC-610.2)[Affiliate]" <tyler.b.stevens at nasa.gov>
>> Date: February 6, 2012 1:29:03 PM MST
>> To: "ceos-idn-interop at lists.nasa.gov" <ceos-idn-interop at lists.nasa.gov>
>> Cc: "palanisamyg at ornl.gov" <palanisamyg at ornl.gov>
>> Subject: [ceos-idn-interop] FW: Addition of a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Sub-Field to the Directory Interchange Format (DIF)
>>
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>> Dear CEOS IDN Interop Participants,
>>
>>
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>> The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) proposal was submitted on 11/18/11. Five responses were received and can be reviewed below. The proposal will be implemented as planned (details attached). DOIs are widely used and publicly accepted throughout the Earth science community. NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) personnel are planning to implement DOIs for data sets within NASA data centers. Therefore, accommodating the DOI field in the DIF will be a beneficial addition for both data set providers and users. A number of collaborators (outside EOSDIS) have also requested that the DIF accommodate the DOI.
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>> A few responses noted that additional persistent identifiers types such as ARKs and the Handle system should be accommodated. These types are currently not widely used in the Earth sciences. These persistent identifiers can be added to the “Other Citation Details” sub-field if needed. The GCMD staff will monitor other persistent identifier types and consider accommodating them if necessary.
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>> Sincerely,
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>>
>>
>> Lola Olsen and the GCMD/IDN Team
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>> Message #1 from Giri Palanisamy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC) Very nice, this will let us send the DOI as a dedicated field Giri
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>> Message #2 from Dave Connell (Australian Antarctic Division/Antarctic Master Directory) Sounds fine to me.  Although this is further blurring the lines between Data-set Citation and References.
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>> Message #3 from John Scialdone (Socioeconomic Data and Application Center)
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>> (1) It looks like the proposal is confusing DOIs with Persistent Identifiers throughout the document. In the statement about NSF, you might want to change from DOIs to Persistent Identifiers.
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>> (2) SEDAC is not investigating the use of DOIs; we're investigating the use of Handle.
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>> (3) The field to consider should be "Persistent Identifier" where the appropriate identifier value can be entered. Another approach is to have two fields, one for "Persistent Identifier Type" (DOI, Handle, UUID, PURL, etc.) and another for the "Persistent Identifier Value".
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>> Message #4 from Mark Parsons (National Snow and Ice Data Center) Thanks for sending this out Tyler. I think it is great that the DIF will be accommodating persistent identifiers. My only suggestion is that you not limit yourself to DOIs. DOIs are the dominate persistent identifier for citations at the moment, but others are also used, notably ARKs. I suggest you make the addition a two part field: one for the identifier itself and the other for identifier type. You probably want a controlled list for identifier type. The fields should also be repeatable. I think this will allow the GCMD to be more flexible and adaptive to how data citation practice evolves over time.
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>> Message #5 from Siri Jodha Khalsa (National Snow and Ice Data Center)
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>> (1) While DOIs are currently the most common digital identifier for publications, they are certainly not the only scheme being considered for datasets (see http://www.springerlink.com/content/52760gq3h200gw38/fulltext.html).
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>> (2) It would make more sense for DIFs to allow for any type of identifier a data provider may wish to include. As such, the DIF citation should be expanded to include these attributes (following ISO 19115-1 MD_Identifier):
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>> authority:    CI_Citation (this class allows for full description of the
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>> authority controlling the namespace. a URL could be included)
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>> code: CharacterString  (this would be the code itself)
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>> codeSpace:    CharacterString (this could be the URI where the code
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>> could be resolved)
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>> version:    CharacterString (codespaces can evolve)
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>> From: ceos-idn-interop-bounces at lists.nasa.gov [mailto:ceos-idn-interop-bounces at lists.nasa.gov] On Behalf Of Stevens, Tyler B. (GSFC-610.2)[Affiliate]
>> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:29 AM
>> To: ceos-idn-interop at lists.nasa.gov
>> Subject: [ceos-idn-interop] Addition of a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Sub-Field to the Directory Interchange Format (DIF)
>>
>>
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>> Dear CEOS IDN Interop Participants,
>>
>> Please find attached a proposal to add a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) sub-field to the Data Set Citation field in the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) metadata standard.  Please send any comments to ceos-idn-interop at lists.nasa.gov by Dec 9.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Lola Olsen and the GCMD/IDN Team
>>
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