Intern:Status

The data status is set on the data set level.

Status of the DOI registration (DOI = Digital Object Identifier = persistent identifier) (since 09.11.2004): The possible values are: - “not to be registered” for data sets having a status of less than published, - “will be registered” for published data sets is a preliminary status. Once those data sets are captured by the DOI registration service (background service on server pans1) the data set will get the status - “registration is in the lead time”. After import of a published data sets the background service will wait for one week before finally registrating the data set. This is the lead time. Within this time you can delete and change the data set - “registered”. After registration you cannot delete the data set anymore and changes are allowed only for those parts of the data description, which are not relevant for the scientific interpretation of the data set (e.g. changing the method for a data series is relevant, adding a further reference is not) - “registration failed” for you means that the data set is registered. This status is only for internal purposes. You can see the registration status in the data set list or look it up in the data set details form. The DOI registration is not yet working. We are still waiting for the group at the TIB in Hannover to complete the corresponding web service. DOI registration is a high level thing in a political sense. This does not mean for you not to set any data sets on status published any more, but you should be aware of the consequences the procedure has: If a user gets a data set via DOI, uses the data for his research and publishes corresponding results then the data set must be static! If there is a newer (and better?) version of this data set you should add its DOI in the older version (info in the comment field). In very few cases we might be forced to change or delete a data set. For those cases there will be a redirection to a general info page and a possible link to a newer version of the data set. DOIs which are not to be registered can be resolved by our own handle server (http://doi.pangaea.de/ . However, these are no official DOIs! All the rules with DOIs are at present “soft” and “fuzzy” rules. We are not at the end of the development. Within the next month some of the organisational constraints will be implemented in 4D to facilitate handling of the whole procedure.