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What is DataCite
DataCite is a worldwide service that main aim is to give the possibility to register DOI identifiersleading global non-profit organisation that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs specifically) for research data and other research outputs. Currently, DataCite is one of ten official DOI Registration Agencies.
What is DOI
DOI is an accronym for an acronym for Digital Object Identifier. It can be assigned to digital resources (materials, publications, software code, etc.) in order to unambiguously identify them regardless of their publishing form, and even to identify unpublished materials.
DOI consists of two elements: the prefix indicating an organization, a namespace so that DOIs are globally unique, and the second part identifying an object within the organization namespace indicated by the prefix.
DOI is a type of persistent identifier, which means it’s not supposed to be deleted after registration. When any data regarding the resource associated with DOI changes (eg. URL to publisher’s website), information about it must be updated in registrythe DOI metadata. There is no need to create new DOI for the resource.
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Within test and production DataCite there are two different type types of accounts - the organization account (with login like XXXX, all capital letters) and the reposiotry repository account (login like XXXX.XXXX).
An organization account is for contact information, creating and updating repositories. A repository account allows user users to create DOIs and update metadata.
It’s important to use repository account credentials when registering DOIs. Attempting to use organization account credentials will result in an error.
More information: https://support.datacite.org/docs/what-is-the-difference-between-a-memberconsortium-organization-account-and-a-repository-account-in-fabrica
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draft (hidden) - creates DOI. This status doesn’t require any metadata (user can create empty DOI) and the system doesn’t validate any data metadata sent with this in draft state. Such DOI can be deleted
findable (published) - DOI is registered and findable in DataCite registry. Upon updating to findable state, metadata is validated and is indexed in https://commons.datacite.org/
registered (hidden) - DOI is registered but not findable (hidden in DataCite registry). It's recommended to use registered state when metada associated with identifier has changed (eg. when publisher’s website URL changed) and an update is requiredthe resource is no longer available, for example if a dataset is retracted
More information: https://support.datacite.org/docs/doi-states
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