Interoperability through Persistent Identifiers Metadata
Abstract
On November 3rd, 2025, PID4NFDI and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Fachinformationsdienste (FID) Working group Research Data organised a joint workshop on metadata quality. Sara El-Gebali, DataCites metadata specialist, gave a talk on “Interoperability through Persistent Identifiers Metadata”.
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Interoperability through Persistent Identifiers Metadata Dr. Sara El-Gebali Metadata SpecialistDataCite 1 Funded by DFG as part of NFDI. Grant Number: 521453681
Project Team Members 2
3 PID Coordination Hub A Vision for PID4NFDI
Agenda 1. What is PID Metadata? Why DataCite Schema? 2. PID Metadata and FAIR Principles 3. Practical Examples from FID Repositories 4. Interoperability in Practice: TS4NFDI Mapping Service
The information collected during the registration of a PID. PID metadata is useful when it includes key descriptive information about the digital object, ensuring that it is identifiable and accessible in various contexts. AccessibleFindable PID Metadata Interoperable Reusable because identifiers are globally unique and searchable. because metadata remains available even if the object moves. because it follows shared, machine-readable standards. because it preserves provenance and context.
DataCite Metadata Schema Structure 6 Mandatory 6 Recommended and 8 Optional
Metadata that represents relationships connections between entities Examples: ●A paper cites a dataset ●A person authors a paper ●A person is affiliated with an institution ●An institution funds a research output ●A dataset is compiled/created by software Documentation can be accessed from main site https://schema.datacite.org Dataset Paper Researcher Organization is funded by is affiliated with is cited by is created by Organization is published by Organization What is connection Metadata?
Why DataCite Schema? (1) Breadth: Over 100 million DOIs, CC0 metadata, https://datacite.org/
Why DataCite Schema? (1) Breadth: Over 100 million DOIs, CC0 metadata, openly queryable via API. https://support.datacite.org/reference/get_dois
MediaRep ResourceTypeGeneral = controlled vocabulary RTGs
↘"subjects": [ { "subject": "Climate change processes", "schemeUri": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/aus tralian-and-new-zealand-standard-research-classificati on-anzsrc", "valueUri": "https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009009655. html", "subjectScheme": "ANZSRC Fields of Research", "classificationCode": "370201", "lang": "en" } ] Subjects
Repository : intRechtDok Consortium: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2 InterRechtDok - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2 Filter342: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342) InterRechtDok - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2 Filter342: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342) FilterJapan: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:Japan) InterRechtDok - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2 Filter342: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342) FilterJapan: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:Japan) Filter 342 & Japan: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342)AND(subjects.subj ect:Japan) InterRechtDok - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2 Filter342: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342) FilterJapan: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:Japan) Filter 342 & Japan: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client -id=WWPX.INTR2&query=(subjec ts.subject:342)AND(subjects.subj ect:Japan) Title: "Environmental Legal Education as if Earth Really Mattered: A Brief Account from Japan" InterRechtDok - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
Repository : CrossAsia Consortium: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Base Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois?client-i d=SHKL.LOFHSJ CrossAsia - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Consortium
ZBW Journal Data Archive (Economics): storing data sets of published articles and to link the data sets to their corresponding publication. Benefit: Using DataCite’s RelatedIdentifier field to connect datasets and publications realizes the PID Graph: it makes scholarly links explicit and machine-readable, improving discovery and context Re3Data: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012190#:~:text=The%20ZBW%20Journ al%20Data%20Archive,publication%20are%20linked%20by%20DOIs ZBW Journal Data Archive
Example Dataset deposited in JDA Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.15456/j1.2025210.1943358304 https://journaldata.zbw.eu/dataset/replication-package-for-whydon-t-firms-hire-young-workers-during-recessions-replication
Example Dataset deposited in JDA Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.15456/j1.2025210.1943358304 https://journaldata.zbw.eu/dataset/replication-package-for-whydon-t-firms-hire-young-workers-during-recessions-replication
Rights ↘"rightsList": [ { "rights": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "rightsUri": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "schemeUri": "https://spdx.org/licenses/", "rightsIdentifier": "CC-BY-4.0", "rightsIdentifierScheme": "SPDX", "lang": "en" } ] Ex: https://spdx.org/licenses/
Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) Consortium Query: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB Query Rights free text: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB&query=ri ghtsList.rights:*
Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) Consortium Query: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB Query Rights free text: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB&query=ri ghtsList.rightsIdentifier:*
Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) Consortium Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois? provider-id=HAB Query Rights free text: https://api.datacite.org/dois? provider-id=HAB&query=rights List.rights:* Query missing rightsIdentifier: https://api.datacite.org/dois? provider-id=HAB&query=NOT% 20rightsList.rightsIdentifier:*
Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) Consortium Query: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB Query Rights free text: https://api.datacite.org/doi s?provider-id=HAB&query=ri ghtsList.rights:* Versus
Description ↘"descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "description": "Example abstract", "descriptionType": "Abstract" } ] Description types include: Abstract, Methods, SeriesInformation, TableOfContents, TechnicalInfo, Other
DataCite wide search German Technical Info documentations Query: https://api.datacite.org/dois? query=(descriptions.descriptio nType:TechnicalInfo)AND(descr iptions.lang:%22de%22) Total hits: 75 DOIs