Chapter 5 Assign a DOI to an oceanographic campaign or field data survey

Would you like to assign a DOI to your oceanographic campaign or field data survey? You are in the right place. Here you have some recommendations to assign a DOI to you AZTI campaign:

  1. Prepare the following information to create a DOI:

    1. Creators. The main researchers or organizations involved in producing the resource (i.e. the oceanoglaphyc campaingn or field data survey), in priority order.
    2. Title. One or more names or titles by which the resource is known.
    3. Publication year. The year when the resource was or will be made publicly available.

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    It is also recommended to add:

    1. Description. Additional information about the resource that does not fit in any of the other categories.
    2. Geolocation. Spatial region or named place where the data was gathered or about which the resource is focused.

  2. Send the prepared information to AZTI DOI team DOIteam@azti.es in order to request the creation of a DOI.

  3. The AZTI DOI team will create a web sub-domain inside the URL https://www.azti.es/campaigns devoted to your campaign or survey. This URL will be the landing page of your assigned DOI, where there will be more information about your campaign or survey. An example of the content to show is the BIOMAN survey at https://www.azti.es/campaigns/bioman/. Have a look to this example and prepare the content of the landing page for your campaign!

  4. Send the content of the landing page of your campaign to DOIteam@azti.es.

    The DOI will be assigned through DataCite, which is one of the settled Registration Agencies (RIs) authorized to assign a DOI and where AZTI is a member.

  5. The AZTI DOI team will send you by e-mail the DOI assigned to your campaign.

  6. Decide if you want to publish also the dataset generated in the campaign or survey following the steps in this e-book section “6 Assign a DOI to your dataset”.

  7. (Optional) If you do not want to publish the dataset, but you what to mention its existence and/or the way to get it (e.g. giving a contact name), you could specify this information in the landing page devoted to your campaign or survey.Send an e-mail to DOIteam@azti.es indicating the information of the dataset you want to include in the landing page of your campaign.

Contact DOIteam@azti.es if you have any questions.