Category: UC Curation Center (UC3)
EZID: A Tool for Creation and Long-Term Management of Identifiers
Recently our EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid) service was reviewed on four points: 1. EZID represents a single point of failure, and, as such is vulnerable. 2. URLs are “a globally deployed identifier scheme” that have endured and provide the functionality cultural heritage […]
DataCite Metadata Scheme update
The DataCite Metadata Scheme has been updated, and the schema and accompanying documentation are now available in Version 2.1. The Schema is accessible at this location: http://datacite.org/schema/datacite-metadata-v2.1.xsd (http://datacite.org/schema/datacite-metadata-v2.1.xsd). The documentation is here: http://datacite.org/schema/DataCite-MetadataKernel_v2.1.pdf Several early adopters and other careful readers […]
Online data management planning tool tames data and meets researchers’ funding requirements
A group of major research institutions is partnering to develop a flexible online tool to help researchers generate data management plans. This effort is in response to demands from funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the […]
CDL seeks developer for international preservation registry project (UDFR)
Are you a developer who is passionate about digital curation, linked open data, and open-source projects? Would you like to work on a project which contributes to the international digital curation, preservation and repository communities? Do you want to work […]
DataCite Metadata Scheme is published
The DataCite Metadata Scheme has been finalized and is now available here (http://datacite.org/schema/DataCite-MetadataKernel_v2.0.pdf). After many months and a lot of very early morning conference calls with my European colleagues, I am delighted to make this announcement. The core group that […]
CDLers (and UCSBer) in Print
The latest D-Lib magazine is a special issue devoted to Research Data. It has an international list of authors, including a few from close to home. John Kunze and Patricia Cruse, University of California Curation Center; and Greg Janée, University […]
DataCite Turns One
Recently I attended the General Assembly of DataCite, the international organization devoted to providing a reliable means of citing research data. The organization has made remarkable progress in a year and is well on the way to providing this critical […]
Data Documentation Initiative Workshops 1/10-12 at UCSD – Sign Up Now
Immediately following ALA Midwinter, the UCSD Libraries will host a two-part workshop on the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), a community XML standard being deployed internationally for describing, managing, and accessing data sets. The goal of the workshop is to promote […]
Go Giants! Persist!
Hundreds of thousands of Giants fans crowded the streets of downtown San Francisco (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/11/04/MNM51G6DMS.DTL) to welcome their conquering heroes home, many having waited a lifetime for the pleasure. Orange and black confetti poured out office buildings lining the business district. […]
Digital library’s global, local services
The California Digital Library’s (CDL) success in elevating the digital library to be expansively global and deeply local has been demonstrated this fall in its launching of an array of pioneering resources that support activities in all corners of research […]