Publication and Citation of Scientific Primary Data

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Publication and Citation of Scientific Primary
Data

• The German national library of Science an
  technology (TIB)
• Jan Brase
• Research center L3S, Univ. Hannover
• Michael Lautenschlager
• WDC for Climate
• Model and Data / Max-Planck-Institute for
  Meteorology
• ERPANET WS, Cork, Ireland, 1718.06.04
• IDF Member's Meeting, London, 22.06.04

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Background
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Roots

• CODATA1) National Committee initiated WG,
  grant-aided by DFG
• Working Period
• September 2001 to May 2002
• Result
• Final Report "Konzept zur Zitierfähigkeit
  wissenschaftlicher Primärdaten" or "Conception of
  Citing Scientifc Primary Data", Hannover,
  29.05.2002
• Continuation
• Two year project for pilot implementation funded
  by DFG starting in October 2003
• (1) CODATA - Committee on Data for Science and
  Technology)

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Problem and Solution

• Shortcomings in data provision and
  interdisciplinary use
• Rules of good scientific practise are not taken
  into account in all cases.
• Data sources are widely unknown.
• Data are achived without context.
• Method of resolution publication of primary data
• Persitent Identifier with global resolving
  mechanism for data archive and context
  referencing
• Integration into library catalogues in order to
  find data together with articles

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Credits in Science

• "Citation Index" Scientific efficiency is
  "measured" by publications.
• Extra work for data publication is currently not
  acknowledged.
• Data processing, context documentation, quality
  assurance.
• Recommendation Data publications should be
  included in the standard scientific "Citation
  Index".
• Motivation of the individual scientist.
• Connection between person and primary dataset.
• Citable Data publications
• support the rules of good scientific practise.
• encourage inter-disciplinary data utilisation.
• Make data searchable in library catalogues
  together with articles
• Closes the gap between scientifc literature and
  related data sources

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TIB Hannover German national library of science
technology
DDB URN-Knot
TIB-ORDER Library Catalogue
DFG Project "Publication and Citation of
Scientific Primary Data"
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Szenario
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Primary data publication

• During her research for the World Data Center
  Climate (WDCC) the scientist Mrs. Weather gains
  primary data about the temperature in Hannover in
  the year 2003.
• As usual the primary data is tested, evaluated,
  stored and administrated at the WDCC.
• In addition Mrs. Weather registers the primary
  data at the TIB.

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Registration of primary data

• Mrs. Weather transmits to the TIB the URL where
  the data can be accessed, together with a
  XML-file containing all relevant metadata
• Including all information obligatory for the
  citing of electronic media (ISO 690-2)

• language
• publisher
• publishing date
• publishing place

• author
• title
• size
• edition

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Identifier

• The TIB is saving this information about the
  primary data and awards the primary data with a
  unique identifier for registration a DOI
• In her publications, Mrs. Weather is now citing
  this primary data with its unique DOI
• Weather, 2003 Temperature in Hannover for 2003.
• doi 10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2

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Resolving the DOI

• These DOI can be resolved (and the data can be
  cited) in every browser worldwide in different
  ways
• http//dx.doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2
• http//doi.tib-hannover.de8000/10.1594/WDCC/W_Han
  _2003_MMB_2
• Or by
• Doi//10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2
• (after installing a browser plugin)

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Usage scenario

• Mr. Storm is reading publications from Mrs.
  Weather in a journal and would like to analyse
  her data under different aspects.
• In his publication Comparison of the temperature
  from Hannover and Miami Mr. Storm cites Mrs.
  Weathers data using its DOI, refering to the
  uniqueness and own identity of the original data.
• Citation example Weather, 2003 Temperature in
  Hannover for 2003. doi 10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_M
  MB_2

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Possible scenario

• Mr. Nice is writing a paper about the sales
  figures of ice cream in Hannover in 2003, but he
  has no information about the weather.
• He uses the TIB as the central registration
  agency to start a metadata search over the
  registered primary data.
• The result is doi10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2
• He resolves the DOI to find the data sufficient.
• The metadata refers him to the WDCC as publisher
  and data archive.
• In his paper he cites the data again using their
  DOI.

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Technical aspects
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URN

• In cooperation with the German Library (DDB) in
  Frankfurt, every dataset is also registered with
  an unique URN, having the same structure as the
  DOI
• DOI-Structure
• 10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2
• URN-Structure
• UrnTIB10.1594/WDCC/W_Han_2003_MMB_2

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Metadata for primary data
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Technical realization
Central Library database
DDB
International DOI Foundation
Metadata storage

• Cocoon-Webserver
• XML-basiert
• XSL-Transformierung
• Handle Server

DOI registration
URN registration
Data URL with XML-file
WDCs
GFZ
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Current situation

• In cooperation with
• World Data Center Climate (WDCC), Max Plank
  Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
• Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam
• World Data Center MARE, Uni. Bremen and Alfred
  Wegener Institute Bremerhaven
• Learning Lab Lower Saxony, Uni. Hannover
• the TIB Hannover now is the worlds first
  registration agency for scientific and technical
  data (STD-DOI).

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Technical

• A Handle server is installed at the TIB Hannover,
  so TIB is able to register and resolve DOIs.
• The TIB officially received a DOI Prefix
  (10.1594)
• The first data sets have been stored at the TIB
  by hand.
• The automatic registration process has just
  started.

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Outlook

• 2004
• We expect about 10.000 datasets until the end of
  the year.
• 2005
• The system shall be widened for other science
  fields
• 2006
• The TIB Hannover may become Germanys central
  registration agency for scientific primary data

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Any questions?

• Project webpage
• http//www.std-doi.de