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Recommendation M0
Recommendation to use stable PID systems to refer to frequently used redundant metadata wherever possible
Description
Status: 2025/08/21 14:54 Under development
[1] European Commission: A Persistent Identifier (PID) policy for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
Motivation for this Recommendation:
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Recommendation
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[Format: Wer! macht was! wo! wann! unter welchen Voraussetzungen!]
Binding Convention:
| mandatory | conditional | optional | |
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| Helmholtz FAIR Principle |
Precondition for Implementation:
Related Recommendations
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Dependent:
Other: none
Contributors
Names of contributors to this recommendation
Content
1. Explanation of the Background and Benefits of the Recommendation
About
Defintion of PIDs
- A persistent identifier (PI or PID) is a long-lasting reference to a document, file, web page, or other object (from Wikipedia).
- PID registers typically store core metadata with the PID
- PIDs are used in data infrastructures to link to common information
- Harmonizing the use of PIDs may improve interoperability of datasets between data repositories
Criteria for the evaluation of PID Systems
- PID is globally unambiguously registerable
- PIDs are widely used, e.g. recommended by national and international organizations
- PID registrar has a transparent governance
- Handle system has stable funding
- PID system is reliably available and maintained
- PIDs have an adequate metadata set
- PID registration is open to all (vs. paying users only)
- PID is machine readable via API
- Further developments are downward compatible (with previous updates, content and technical)
- Also: What other PID systems capture the same types of data?
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
[1] European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, EOSC Executive Board, Hellström, M., Heughebaert, A., Kotarski, R. et al., A Persistent Identifier (PID) policy for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), Publications Office, 2020, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/926037