M.5-9 Documents are only deleted as an exception and subsequently documented publicly under the persistent URL of the original document.

• Short Title: M.5-9 Documents are only deleted as an exception and subsequently documented publicly under the persistent URL of the original document.
• Source Documnent: DINI Certificate for Open Access Publication Services 2019
• Source Document Link: https://doi.org/10.18452/21759
• Publishing Organisation: DINI Working Group "Electronic Publishing"
• Date of Publication: 2020-08-21
• Topic: Sustainability/ funding/ business-model
• Keywords: deletion, persistance
• Addressed Stakeholders: data service providers
• Full Text: This could be the case should the publication constitute a criminal offense. In all cases, withdrawal or locking of the document is to be preferred over deletion. It is advised not to delete duplicates but to redirect one document’s URL to that of the other.