Identifiers for dataset revisions

• Short Title: Identifiers for dataset revisions
• Source Documnent: Principles and best practices in data versioning for all datasets big and small
• Source Document Link: https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00042
• Publishing Organisation: RDA Data Versioning WG
• Date of Publication: 2020-01-16
• Topic: Quality control/ curation
• Keywords: versioning, PID, persistent identifiers
• Addressed Stakeholders: data service providers, data stewards
• Full Text: Because the production of a revised dataset produces a new entity with a new identity, the data producer or the data repository should consider issuing a new identifier. Whether the revision is encoded in the dataset’s persistent identifier will depend on the policy of the data repository. If repositories decide to mint a global persistent identifier such as DOI for each revision, repositories should follow DataCite's recommendation not to use mnemonics in identifiers.