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--- wiki:m4.0 [2025/05/28 10:23] – [Description] esoeding
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 ======Recommendation to use IGSN as the standard reference in technical infrastructures to samples where appropriate======
-=====Description=====
+=====Summary=====
+====Description====
 Status: V1.0 28.5.2025
-=====Motivation for this Recommendation: =====
+====Motivation for this Recommendation: ====
 The International Generic Sample Number (IGSN) is a globally unique and persistent identifier designed specifically for physical samples and related objects. At Helmholtz, we recommend the use of IGSNs to ensure that samples—and other tangible sources from which data are derived—can be reliably identified, referenced, and linked across research workflows. The motivation to use IGSNs lies in their ability to improve traceability, reproducibility, and data integration across disciplines. By assigning a persistent identifier to a sample, researchers can unambiguously connect it to associated datasets, publications, instruments, and collection metadata, supporting FAIR principles and enabling long-term reuse and verification of research outcomes.
-=====Recommendation ====
+====Recommendation ====
 It is recommended to use IGSN to identify samples in data infrastructures where appropriate.
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    * record a IGSN to identify samples and parent samples and make this data part of the metadata available for harvesting.
    * treat IGSN metadata as the primary source of truth and update your own metadata accordingly.
+Also see [3] Baldewein et al. (2023). FAIR WISH D7 -Standard Operating Procedure for automatic IGSN registration. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10401380
-=====Binding Convention: =====
+====Binding Convention: ====
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 ^ Helmholtz FAIR Principle|            |  X    |          |
-=====Precondition for Implementation: =====
+====Precondition for Implementation: ====
 The institution needs to be a member of Data Cite or needs to partner with a member to be able to register IGSNs.
-=====Related Recommendations =====
+====Related Recommendations ====
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 Other: none
-=====Contributors=====
+====Contributors====
-Names of contributors to this recommendation
-Manu
+Emanuel Soeding (lead)
 =====Content=====
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 Cons: Not globally unique, not resolvable, hard to track across systems or publications.
-  * Accession Numbers in Domain Repositories
-What: Identifiers assigned by domain-specific repositories or museums (e.g., GenBank accession numbers, museum catalog numbers).
-Pros: Well-integrated in their domains.
-Cons: Often not globally unique, not persistent outside their system, not interoperable across disciplines.
   * Handle System / Custom DOIs
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 Not all research fields have mature practices around sample identification, meaning that IGSN may not yet be a natural fit for every domain. In such cases, complementary identifiers or interim solutions might still be needed. Additionally, keeping local metadata synchronized with authoritative IGSN records can introduce technical complexity, especially if metadata schemas evolve differently.
-====4. The Recommendation====
+====4. The Recommendation and possible consequences====
-IGSN  is used to identify samples in data infrastructures.
+It is recommended to use IGSN to identify samples in data infrastructures where appropriate.
 For organizations this means:
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 Also see [3] Baldewein et al. (2023). FAIR WISH D7 -Standard Operating Procedure for automatic IGSN registration. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10401380
 ====5. Naming of communities that have already implemented the recommendation====