[open-science] DOIs, datahub, figshare

[Rufus Pollock]

On 22 June 2012 18:56, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to ensure I correctly understand how DOIs are handled by
> figshare and the DataHub. IIUC,
>
> 1 figshare generates DOIs for uploaded datasets, per
>
> http://figshare.com/blog/All%20research%20outputs%20should%20be%20citable/32
>
> 2 datahub allows appending external DOIs to a dataset's metadata, per
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2012/06/19/ckan-science/
>
>  but does not create DOIs for the user.

That's correct at the present. The DataHub is in negotiation with a
DataCite DOI provider for several months to be able to supply DOIs but
the process has been a little slow as the DataHub does not fit it
seems with the normal experience of "repositories".

Regards,

Rufus