How can I get a DOI for my research data?
In Estonia, research data is registered by the DataCite Estonia Consortium member universities. The DataCite services are free of charge for the researchers of these universities.
Researchers of other institutions can get DOIs according to the price list.
Researchers should take the following steps:
Additional information and special training are offered by specialists at member university libraries of by the UT Library as a DataCite member.
Metadata
Metadata describe the data, or provide data about the data. Metadata can be administrative (publisher, the date of data creation, user rights, location), descriptive (title, author, keywords) or technical (software, version, formats, authentication).
The DataCite metadata guidelines divide metadata into three groups:
The larger the amount of metadata, the easier it is to find and interpret a dataset!
Description of mandatory and recommended metadata:
MANDATORY METADATA
RECOMMENDED METADATA
