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<p>I'm curious what other people say, but my sense is that using CrossRef for Data is fine depending on the (meta)data.
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<p>It is more common to use DataCite DOIs for data and the biggest advantage would be that the DataCite XML schema can hold richer and more meaningful metadata for data than CrossRef's UnixRef. (There are also differences in the cost structure, which DataCite
basically using a flat fee structure and CrossRef charging per DOI).</p>
<p>Whether that's worth it depends on the quality of the metadata curated for the and budget constraints if you're already a CrossRef member: it is definitely _hugely_ more important to assign a DOI to a dataset at all than which RA issues it.</p>
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<p>Hth,</p>
<p>Sebastian <br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Rdap <rdap-bounces@asis.org> on behalf of Hutchinson, Alvin <HUTCHINSONA@si.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 13, 2016 2:57 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Rdap] CrossRef or Other DOIs for Data Sets</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone feel strongly about using (or not using) a certain flavor of DOI for research data sets?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are the CrossRef registration agency for the Smithsonian and we’ve been doing publications for years but lately have been approached by scientists who want a DOI both for link permanence and
citability.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Would anyone recommend against using CrossRef in favor of another DOI type? And if so, which one(s)?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please pardon my ignorance and let me know if there’s something obvious I am missing.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alvin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alvin Hutchinson</span></p>
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