Create DataCite Ontology to Allow Broader Interoperability

[AndreasMeier12]

What is the problem that your suggestion solves?

I am working on interoperability between different systems, mostly electronic lab notebooks and repositories.
Some of them do not follow the DataCite format but have the equivalent information expressed differently.

What solution might meet your needs?

An ontology would give these systems an unambiguous way to interoperate without any of them having to change their schema (and potentially break backward compatibility). It would also mean creating fewer individual integrations.

There have been unofficial ontologies for older versions, e.g. https://sparontologies.github.io/datacite/current/datacite.html. Something like this would be useful.

I created a draft for converting the DataCite xml to an ontology based on https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.6/include/datacite-funderIdentifierType-v4.xsd using https://github.com/srdc/ontmalizer:
https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/datacite-ontology/blob/main/datacite.ttl

Your name

Andreas Meier

Your organization

ETH Zurich, Scientific IT Services

What alternatives have you tried or considered?

No response

Is there anything else you would like to share?

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What group(s) would benefit from your suggestion?

• DataCite members registering DOIs and metadata and administering accounts
• Developers building integrations with DataCite services
• Harvesters who index DataCite DOIs and metadata
• Individuals or institutions analyzing DataCite DOIs and metadata
• DataCite staff
• Other

If other group(s), please describe.

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