Author name: Jakub Šindelář

14 000 DOI for Canadian research awards through the Canadian DataCite consortium

DOI / 27. August 2026

The Canada Foundation for Innovation | Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (CFI-FCI) invests in research infrastructure to increase the capability of Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research organizations to carry out high-quality research. As one of the largest funders of research in Canada, the CFI has recently published open funding records for more than …

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Webinar on the Survey results on persistent identifier integration in Czech research organisations

DOI, ORCID, RAiD, ROR / 20. August 2026

This event is held in the Czech language. Annotation: This webinar will present the results of a nationwide survey focusing on the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID, ROR and RAiD) in the information systems of research organisations in the Czech Republic. The survey, the first comprehensive study of its kind in the …

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Experiences with implementing DOI metadata quality recommendations in the PID Network Germany pilot programs

DOI / 3. August 2026

The DOI registration agency DatCite has published interviews with representatives of LMU Munich and TU Dortmund regarding the results of the implementation of practical guidelines for DataCite DOI metadata recommendations through two pilot programs aimed at improving workflows within respective systems. The University of Munich has developed and published an updated version of the DataCite …

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DataCite API Changes

DOI / 8. July 2026

The DOI registration agency DataCite has announced a few planned changes to their APIs. It is the deprecation of the DataCite version 1 REST API request endpoints (/works, /members, and/data-centers) and their replacement with version 2 equivalents (/dois, /providers, and/clients), which was already implemented this July. You can read more about the change at: https://support.datacite.org/docs/datacite-rest-api-legacy-endpoints-deprecation …

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Launch of the DataCite Metadata Quality Dashboard tool

Uncategorized / 1. April 2026

DOI registration agency DataCite has launched a new publicaly available tool Dashboard for visualizing records of objects that have been assigned DOI identifiers. The tool allows exploration of records, for example, by consortia, specific institutions, year of creation. The dashboard also displays statistics on the completeness of individual metadata fields. You can explore for example …

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Launch of the DataCite Metadata Schema 4.7

DOI, RAiD / 26. March 2026

The DOI registration agency DataCite has announced the release of a new version of its metadata schema, version 4.7. Summary of the main changes: New value “Presentation” and “Poster” for the resourceTypeGeneral fieldBased on feedback from the user community, the resourceTypeGeneral field na supports also these new values, so moving forward these types of objects …

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DataCite has released its latest public metadata data file

DOI / 24. March 2026

The DataCite Registration Agency is making metadata for digital objects that have been assigned a DOI identifier through the agency available through the DataCite Metadata Store, in line with its commitment to the POSI principles. One of the ways the agency makes metadata publicly available is through a public data file. In late January 2026, …

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Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic as a metadata quality “Bright Spot”

DOI, IGSN / 25. March 2026

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 theInstitute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the …

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New DataCite object types: Presentation and Poster (Open for feedback until June 20)

DOI / 25. March 2026

Based on the community feedback, the DOI registration agency DataCite is preparing to expand its metadata schema, specifically the resourceTypeGeneral parameter, to include two new object types for Presentations and Posters (see below). You can provide feedback on these new data types directly on the GitHub threads or via support@datacite.org. Proposed new resource type: Presentation …

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