2013 DataCite Summer Meeting - Making Research better DataCite. Co-sponsored by CODATA. Thursday, 19 September 2013 at 13:00 - Friday, 20 September 2013 at 12:30 Washington, DC. National Academy of Sciences http://datacite.eventbrite.co.uk/

1. Business Practices Working Group
Karen Morgenroth
National Research Council Canada
DataCite Summer Meeting
2013-09-19
Washington, DC

2. Business Practices Working Group
What we do
• Develop best business practices; articulate DataCite
policy
Who we are
• Members from France, Germany, Switzerland, UK,
US, Canada
Interested in becoming a member?
karen.morgenroth {@} nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

3. http://www.datacite.org/sites/default/files/Business_Models_Principles_v1.0.pdf

4. Business Models Principles
Information for allocation agencies
• Costs/fees schedules; prefixes; membership;
contracts/agreements
Information for clients
• Commitment to persistent access; landing pages;
syntax; mandatory metadata requirement
Definitions
• Data sets; data papers; grey literature

5. Data Quality Survey
• What constitutes data “quality”
• How might this quality be assessed
• What do you see as DataCite‟s role in ensuring or
assessing quality?
• 52 respondents

6. What constitutes data “quality”
No consensus
• “„Data quality‟ is one of those abstract phrases that
has so many concepts it should be abandoned as
conveying an unambiguous meaning.”

7. How might this quality be assessed?
• Scientific context; intended use
• Disciplinary standards; expert knowledge
• Data centres
• Peer review
• Metadata and documentation

8. DataCite‟s role in ensuring data quality
• No direct role
• Concept of “usurping” the role of scientific communities
• Ensuring data centres/repositories have procedures
• Do DOIs actually indicate quality?
• Ensure metadata quality

9. Thank you to all who responded to the survey
karen.morgenroth{@}nrc-cnrc.gc.ca