[Esip-preserve] DataCite to require "landing pages"

[Greg Janée]

The problem I have with DataCite's new requirement is that it  
precludes using a DOI for anything other than the one use case of  
"someone reading a paper who then wants to follow up on a reference."   
I argue there are other use cases.  For example, for "the user who  
already knows about the data," why should that person not have the  
benefits of persistent identification of datasets and granules?

Actually, I should rephrase the above.  I don't have a problem with  
DataCite; I just think they're taking themselves out of the identifier  
marketplace.  The persistent identifiers that point to data just won't  
be DOIs.

-Greg

On Feb 29, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Mark A. Parsons wrote:
> Remember this is just for the citation. So the typical use case is  
> someone reading a paper who then wants to follow up on a reference.  
> The user who already knows about the data may have multiple means of  
> access including direct machine access, but that's a different  
> situation than someonen following up a reference.