Publishing datasets: Visualizing and Citing Toby Green OECD Publishing ICSTI Winter Workshop Paris, February 8th 2010

Guardian investigation reveals scientific concern about missing tree ring data.

At least tree ring data has the merit of being fixed and unchanging . . .

So, it should be just as easy to: peer review publish cite as a research article

It simply needs a variant of the existing citation ‘toolkit’: metadata doi identifiers CrossRef

Here’s one OECD prepared earlier . . . So, whereas for books we have this: “Serial” level - complete with DOI Here’s one OECD prepared earlier . . . “Book or issue” level - complete with DOI “Chapter or article” level - complete with DOI

For datasets we have this: “Serial” level - complete with DOI “Book or issue” level - complete with DOI “Chapter or article” level - complete with DOI

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But data is not the same as an article or book chapter, Sub-sets can be published.

Sub-sets: each has unique identifier Data subset series Homepage DOI: 1234.56/Series Subset 1 Homepage DOI link to: Main dataset DOI: 1234.56/Subset#1 Subset 2 Homepage DOI link to: Main dataset DOI: 1234.56/Subset#2 Subset 3 Homepage DOI link to: Main dataset DOI: 1234.56/Subset#3

The same data can have a different rendition or graphical interface

Datasets with multiple renditions: same identifier Dataset ‘Homepage’ DOI: 1234.56/897654 Rendition 1 Rendition 2 Rendition 3

Our current solution is to give them the same identifier and Datasets can grow. Our current solution is to give them the same identifier and explain the growth in the metadata

Datasets can change. Our current solution is to give them a NEW identifier and explain the change in the metadata with a link back to the pre-revision dataset.

The details . . . http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/ 603233448430