Making Your DOI Work for You

While obtaining a DOI for your data set is a good first step, most destinations are more than a single step away. There are various reasons to tag data with DOIs – citability, findability, etc., but the minimum metadata requirements for obtaining a DOI do not adequately support most of them.In this presentation, we examine the DataCite metadata schema[1] – the metadata schema most data providers will be dealing with – and consider what fields have the highest return-on-investment for data providers. Specifically, we consider the case of data providers who are seeking to have their high-quality research data sets incorporated into the literature that comprises the Body of Knowledge. We’ll identify these key metadata fields, provide advice for filling them with actionable values, and highlight the benefits that come with consistent, quality metadata.[1] DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 (https://doi.org/10.14454/mzv1-5b55)