PID
[Coscine] allows you to reference your projects and data using a persistent identifier (PID). If you want to publish your data, please contact your respective library. They will support you in choosing a suitable repository and the subsequent publication.
Referencing using Persistent Identifier (PID)
Coscine uses PIDs (persistent identifiers) to uniquely reference projects and resources. PIDs serve to permanently and unequivocally reference data. A PID contains information such as the URL the data can be found under. Additionally, a URL pointing to describing metadata can be stored.
In case the referenced data is moved to another storage location the information of the PID can be updated so it remains valid. Thereby datasets can be permanently referenced for example in publications.
In Coscine, each project and resource in a project is automatically assigned a PID. You can use PIDs to link your projects and resources and make them accessible to others.
Accessing the Persistent Identifier (PID)
You can find the PID of your project on the corresponding [configuration & metadata] page (/config-metadata) and the resource PIDs via the [resource settings] (see figure below).
By clicking on the Clipboard button to the right of the PID, you can copy a link to your resource to the clipboard. This URL will first contain the prefix [http://hdl.handle.net/] followed by your PID (e.g. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11102/7599d318-99f3-4385-ace9-7aeb9cf3bXXX).
FAIR Digital Object Information
Coscine implements the FAIR Digital Object Concept to represent stored data in the form of Coscine digital entities. Coscine assigns a handle-based ePIC PID and a Kernel Information Profile to each project and resource (including data and metadata). Individual files are described with metadata profiles, with each RDF triple containing PIDs that lead to the described data by extending the handle URL.
