[Medin_dacwg] DOIs

[Peter McKeague]

Hi Clare

1) No

2)  Yes under discussion

3) As our maritime records form part of RCAHMS holdings we would prefer to
mint our own.


Best wishes

Peter


On 31 July 2014 14:26, Postlethwaite, Clare <cfpo at bodc.ac.uk> wrote:

>   Dear MEDIN DAC Working Group,
>
> Following on from the last DAC meeting and recent discussions about DOIs,
> I would like to clarify the current situation for all MEDIN DACs with
> regard to minting DOIs.  It was previously thought that is may be possible
> for NERC to mint DOIs on behalf of other MEDIN DACs but this is no longer
> thought possible. An alternative suggestion is to explore whether MEDIN
> could get its own DOI account so that any DACs that do not currently have
> the ability to create DOIs themsleves could benefit from a MEDIN umbrella
> account (although I do not know yet whether MEDIN would have the required
> legal status for this).
>
> So please could you clarify:
> 1) Can you already mint DOIs?
> 2) If not, would you like to be able to do so?
> 3) Would you prefer to mint DOIs under a MEDIN account or one for your own
> organisation?
>
> Best wishes,
> Clare
>
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