Rachael Kotarski
The British Library
Presentation delivered at the ODIN Final Event in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on Wednesday, September 24, 2014: ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research.
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ODIN Final Event - Supporting the research lifecycle: Discovery and Analysis
1. ODIN – ORCID and DATACITE Interoperability Network
Title
This project has received funding from the European
Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research,
technological development and demonstration under
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2. Supporting the research lifecycle:
Discovery Analysis
Rachael Kotarski (British Library)
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
3. Scenario 1: Starting from the data
• I am looking for data
to combine with my
own for meta-analysis
• I search a subject-data
centre for data of
interest
• I find interesting data
and see that the
author is linked
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
4. • Following the link I end up at the data creator’s ORCID record
• Here I can see plenty more of their data and publications, across
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
many data centres
Not possible before ODIN
5. How has ODIN helped this?
• Creation of a DataCite claim tool for ORCID
• Allows ORCID users to claim datasets with DOIs from DataCite
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
6. How has ODIN helped this?
• Linking from a data centre landing page is promoted with out work on
integrating identifiers into archive workflows
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
7. Scenario 2: Starting from the literature
• This research paper is an important
new advancement in my research
area
• But I now have more questions
• I look at the citations, and see that
they cite the datasets they have used.
There are 2 of them.
• DataCite DOIs have allowed me to
access the data for the citation
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
8. • The data citation has taken me to
a page that gives more details
about the dataset
• Details about this data link into
more papers and further datasets
• These datasets are relevant to my
field, but wont quite help me
answer the new questions I have.
• How can I find more data?
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
9. • I see the creators names are
linked
• I click them and it takes me to
their ORCID record
• Their current work has moved
away from the question I’m
interested in
• But I find older datasets by these
creators that seem very relevant
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
Not possible before ODIN
10. • The DOI takes me to a new
data centre
• I see a graph of the authors
on this dataset and how they
link to various publications
and datasets
• On clicking around, I see that
the creators of these older
datasets have previously
worked with similar
collaborators to me
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
Not possible before ODIN
11. • I follow the links back to their
ORCID profiles and see their
work touches on some of the
questions I’m now starting to
ask
• I have an idea that would help
to pursue those questions, so I
contact them to find out more
about their current work
ORCID and DataCite: Towards Holistic Open Research, September 24 2014
Not possible before ODIN
Editor's Notes
ODIN has helped to support research throughout the whole lifecycle. Let’s start by looking at discovery of new knowledge and information, through to analysis of that new information.
Let’s say I’m a researcher looking for data that could be combined with my own to produce a meta analysis.
I know of a data centre that holds data on my subject of interest, so I search it and turn up this dataset.
This data is what I need, but I still need more to produce a convincing analysis.
I see that the author of this dataset is linked. When I click that link…
I’m taken to the author’s ORCID record.
This lists many more works from other publishers and data centres.
I now have a wealth of data I can use in my analysis.
This is now possible because of three developments:
The first development was the data centre implementing DataCite DOIs for its data and so their metadata is available in DataCite
The second was the direct involvement of ODIN in developing a DataCite claim tool for researchers to add dataset records to their ORCID profile
The third is work by the data centre to enable inclusion of name identifiers in their own metadata.
This scenario only shows us what’s possible when you find data.
Let’s imagine another scenario, which is more familiar to researchers at present.
This paper describes an important development in my area of research. But reading their analysis, I actually now have more unanswered questions.
Looking at their citations, I can see two referring to data. They are cited with DOIs and so I can click through to find out more about this data.
Following the linked DOI, I get to page with details about the datasets.
This dataset in turn references other data. They are relevant to my field, but not quite appropriate for answering the new questions I have.
I see that the creators of this dataset are linked.
On clicking the linked creator names, I am taken to their ORCID record.
I see that their most recent work isn’t really interesting, but going back through their record, I see publications that are more relevant to me.
Clicking on one of these older datasets, takes me to a page describing a dataset that also has this graph.
The graph shows connections between the authors of this dataset and other datasets, publications and software.
I can see the connections between these collaborators and my own research network.
The graphing tool is one of the developments from ODIN that has made a journey like this possible.
Following the links back to their ORCID profiles, I now feel confident that I can contact these authors and propose collaborations to help build on the paper that started this journey.