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DOI is a type of persistent identifier, which means it’s not supposed to be deleted after registration. When any data regarding associated with DOI changes (eg. URL to publisher’s website), information about it should must be updated in registry. There is no need to create new DOI for the resource.
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Registered Service Provider is an organization (software) that is integrated with DataCite API. It allows DataCite Members to register and update DOIs.
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DOI Registration Agencies support wide range of data, but each one also has specific focus. For example Crossref is mostly known for articles and books due to its focus on publishers - but it supports other data types. DataCite supports a wide range variety of data - from datasets and publications to phd theses and unpublished materials. It is mostly recommended for repositories, while Crossref is recommended for publishers.
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There are two DataCite environments - test and production. Member A member is given different login credentials to each of them. So it is very important to double check credentials when there are any issues.
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Within test and production DataCite there are two different type of accounts - the organization account (with login like XXXX, all capital letters) and the reposiotry account (login like XXXX.XXXX).
Organization An organization account is for contact information, creating and updating repositories. Repository A repository account allows user to create DOIs and update metadata.
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Once deleted, identical DOI can’t be created again, even when it was have never been used or had no metadata added. |