Maxi Kindling | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinMichael Witt | Purdue University

DataCite Annual Conference 2014 | Nancy, France, 25 August 2014

Joining forces: the Databib / re3data.org collaboration

AGENDA

Introduction to DatabibIntroduction to re3data.org

Joining forces – Collaboration

STATUS QUO

800Around Research Data Repositories

2013Launched in Winter

numerous Guidelines and PoliciesReferenced in

SCHEMA

37Properties

2.1Version

Based on Analyses, Feedback and Experience

QUALITY

Requirements:• be run by a legal entity,

such as a sustainable institution(e.g. library, university);

• clarify access conditions to thedata and repository as well as the terms of use;

• have an English GUI; • have focus on research data.

QUALITY

5 Editors

1-2 hours for review

QUALITY

http://databib.org

• Adrián Bonilla Soria, Secretary General, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) – Ecuador

• Alma Swan, Director of European Advocacy, SPARC Europe – United Kingdom• Andrew Kaniki, Executive Director, Knowledge Fields Development, National Research

Foundation - South Africa• Andrew Treloar, Director of Technology of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) –

Australia• Frank Scholze, Director of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Library – Germany• Martin Donnelly, Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre (DCC) - United

Kingdom• Patricia Cruse, Director of the University of California Curation Center, California Digital

Library – United States• Paul Uhlir, Director of the Board on Research Data and Information, National Academy of

Sciences – United States• Ramesh C. Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University – India• Sherif K. Shaheen, Department Head of Library, Archives, and Information Technology, Cairo

University - Egypt• Todd Vision, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill – United States• Xiaolin Zhang, Executive Director of the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of

Sciences – China

DATABIB ADVISORY BOARD

• Amy West, University of Minnesota, United States• Andras Micsik, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary• Catherine Jones, Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom• Cristina Ribeiro, University of Porto, Portugal• Dorothea Salo, University of Wisconsin, United States• Fco. Javier Hernández San Miguel, University of Valencia, Spain• Gail Steinhart, Cornell University, United States• Jiban K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India• Jochen Schirrwagen, Bielefeld University, Germany• Kassim S. Mwitondi, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom• Kei Kurakawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan• Lynn Yarmey, Snow and Ice Data Center, United States• Michael Witt, Editor-in-Chief, Purdue University, United States• Sarah Williams, University of Illinois, United States• Steve Marks, University of Toronto, Canada• Xiuling Qing, Chinese National Academy of Sciences, China

DATABIB EDITORIAL BOARD

• Twitter, new additions @databib• RSS• Google spreadsheet• RDF/XML• OpenSearch• Linked Data (RDFa)• ShareThis (over 300 social networks)• Open source, 100% CC0, Principles of Open

Bibliographic Data

INTERFACES

Databib & re3data.org: JOINING FORCES

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Databib & re3data.org: JOINING FORCES

1) Openness2) Optimal quality assurance3) Development of innovative functionalities4) Shared leadership5) Sustainability

5 principles of agreement

DATACITE INTEGRATION• Aligned missions• Unanimous vote in Dublin, March 2014• Announced at RDA 3rd Plenary Meeting• Working group in DataCite

• Guide reconciliation and merger of metadata• Steer refactoring of software & hosting• Formalize processes and governance• Identify new opportunities and synergy

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WHAT‘S IN A NAME?

The merged resource will be known as re3data with its editorial board retaining the name of Databib.

Maxi Kindling & Michael Witt

(info@re3data.org)

With the exception of all photos and graphics, this slides are licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0)“ Licence.

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