Pilot project to register DOIs for research data

Abstract

Open science, promoting the distribution of research information, and identifiers have been becoming big topics lately. To make research data re-used and open across the research domains, adding metadata to express its contents and assigning an identifier is necessary. The Japan Link Center, DOI registration agency has performed a pilot project to study registering DOIs for research data with nine Japanese institutions/projects. The participants assigned test/real DOIs, clarified the problems and shared information with each other. This led to "Guidelines for Registering DOIs for Research Data". The community formed through this project is being expected to contribute to promote the activities for open science.