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**Recommendation 4.0 **

====== Use DataCite for Data Sets ======


**Recommendation to use DataCite DOI as the standard reference in technical infrastructures to data sets where appropriate**

=====Description=====

Status: draft 2025-03-20

=====Motivation for this Recommendation: =====

  * Identification of research data
    * unique
    * citable 
    * common system 
  * Persistence
=====Recommendation ====

[shortened from below]

We recommend to repositories, to register all data sets with DataCite to register a DataCite DOI at the time of submission the latest. We also recommend to submit full metadata to DataCite and also to keep the metadata current. 

[Format: Wer! macht was! wo! wann! unter welchen Voraussetzungen!]

=====Binding Convention: =====


^                         ^ mandatory  ^ conditional	          ^ optional ^
^ Helmholtz FAIR Principle|            |      |          |

=====Precondition for Implementation: =====

=====Related Recommendations =====

Parent:

Dependent:

Other: none

=====Contributors=====

Names of contributors to this recommendation

=====Content=====

====1. Explanation of the Background and Benefits of the Recommendation ====

__About__

__History and structure__

__Current Use of ...__

__Motivation__

====2. Possible alternative solutions====

====3. Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the recommendation====

(quality of content, limitations, interoperability, sustainability:
expected future dissemination / technical availability / funding)

====4. The Recommendation====

[Format: Wer! macht was! wo! wann! unter welchen Voraussetzungen!]

====5. Naming of communities that have already implemented the recommendation====

====6. Documentation of the test to validate correct implementation====



====7. Examples of Instances====

====8. Further Information====

===References===

===Relevant Community Recommendations===

====9. History of this document====