In their recently published text, Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson from the organization Metadata Game Changers focused on analyzing examples of good practice regarding the quality of records in repositories that assign DOIs through the registration agency DataCite. The results of the repository operated by the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague caught their attention.
The Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic is an information system for collecting, managing and presenting data on archaeological research in the Czech Republic. In 2025, DOIs began to be assigned to these data through the Czech national DataCite consortium, which operates under the National Library of Technology. These DOIs are distinguished not only by their total volume but also by the completeness of the completed metadata, including the connections to other relevant objects. Quality in the sense of the completeness of the completed metadata of objects with assigned DOIs helps to fulfill the FAIR research principles and the reuse of already collected research data and other outputs of research activities. The archaeological map at this scale falls into the group of “shining examples” of good practice (“Bright Spots”) with a completeness of records or a FAIR level of over 39%, significantly more than the general average of 23% and can even boast that it belongs to the very top 10 identified repositories with the highest completeness of completed metadata exceeding 49%.
You can read more about the analysis here: https://doi.org/10.59350/34brd-80j48
Habermann, T. and Robinson E. (2025). DataCite Bright Spots. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.59350/34brd-80j48