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تۆمارکردنی بڵاوکراوەکان

A publication registration attaches a persistent identifier and a structured description to a work so that it can be found, cited and linked for as long as the record lasts. The identifier only works if the metadata behind it is accurate and the link still resolves. This page sets out how registration works through agencies such as Crossref and DataCite, what makes registration metadata trustworthy, and where registrations fail in ways that ripple into citation, funding and assessment.

02The question

Publication registrations: how the risk develops.

Publication metadata and identifiers. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

میکانیزم

Identifier without a target

A DOI resolves to a landing page that has moved, lapsed or been replaced. The identifier persists while the thing it named becomes unreachable, and every citation that uses it now leads nowhere useful.

میکانیزم

Duplicate registrations

The same work is registered twice, by publisher and repository, or as preprint and article without a relation between them. Citations and usage split across identifiers, and one work appears to be two.

میکانیزم

Metadata drift

Titles, authors, affiliations or funding are corrected on the landing page but not in the registered metadata, or the reverse. Downstream indexes copy whichever state they harvested, and the record diverges across سیستەمە.

میکانیزم

Assessment inherits the errors

Funders, institutions and rankings count outputs from registration metadata. Missing contributor identifiers, unresolved affiliations and absent award identifiers credit work to the wrong people, the wrong organisation or to no funder at all.

03چاودێری

دەفتەری تۆمار.

The screen a team would use to follow this subject: its measures, states and decisions. Names are examples and values are illustrative.

دەفتەری تۆمار

Publication registrations · Registry · Ledger head 9810659

  • تۆمارە تۆمارکراوەکان
    5110
  • ڕەسەنایەتیی تەواو، % ی تۆمارەکان
    95ئاسایی
  • ڕاستکردنەوە کراوەکان
    7چاودێری
  • خاوەنی مافەکان
    3زانیاری
پشکنینی ڕاستگۆیی تێپەڕیGCRI · تۆمارگە

نوێترین تۆمارەکان

NX-R-01836دۆخی پڕۆگرامv35638543تۆمارکراو
NX-P-72194بڵاوکراوەv19858170تۆمارکراو
NX-E-42250تۆماری بەڵگەv35604753ڕاستکردنەوە کراوەیە
NX-C-37438بەشداریکردنv16211607مافەکان پارێزراون

مێژووی وەشانەکان

  1. v1NEWلەگەڵ سەرچاوەکان تۆمارکراوە
  2. v2FIXیەکە ڕاست کرایەوە، هۆکار تۆمار کرا
  3. v3OPENڕاستکردنەوە داواکراوە
Record ledger: the screen’s structure, terms and states for Publication registrations.ناو و بەهای نموونەیی؛ دیزاینێکە، نەک تۆمار یان سیستەمی ڕاستەوخۆ.
04In the five domains

Registrations make outputs from every domain findable.

05ڕێگا و بەڵگە

How publication registrations is modelled, measured and tested.

مۆدێلەکە، گریمانەکانی، داتاکانی و نادڵنیاییەکەی، بەو شێوەیەی زانا یان ئەندازیارێک دەیپشکنێت. پێکهاتەکان ڕێگا بڵاوکراوەکان دەگرنەبەر. بەهاکانی کێشراو نموونەییە، نەک دۆزینەوە.

کۆمەڵە داتا و ڕەسەنایەتی

The data classes behind publication registrations and what is recorded about each before it is used.

پۆلی داتاڕەسەنایەتی تۆمارکراوەڕوونی ڕاگەیەندراومۆڵەت پشکنراوە
وێنەی ماهەوارە، ئۆپتیکی و ڕادارهەستەوەر، ئاستی پرۆسێسکردن، بەرواری بەدەستهێنانقەبارەی پیکسڵ و دووبارەسەردانبۆ هەر دیمەنێک
ئانالیزی دووبارە و دەرچووی مۆدێلی کەشوهەوامۆدێل، تاقیکردنەوە، ئەندام، وەشانتۆڕ و هەنگاوی کاتبۆ هەر وەشانێک
هەستەوەر و پێوەری شوێنیوێستگە، ئامێر، تۆماری پێوانەکردنخاڵ و ڕێژەی نموونەگرتنبۆ هەر تۆڕێک
ڕووبەڕووبوونی دانیشتووان و موڵکڕێگا، ساڵی بەرهەم، سەرچاوەی تێکردنقەبارەی خانە و یەکەبۆ هەر وەشانێک
سنوور و جوگرافیای ئاماژەبەرهەمهێنەر، وەشان، بەروارپێوەربۆ هەر وەشانێک
ڕەچەڵەک
تۆماری W3C PROV لە سەرچاوەوە بۆ وێنە
پرەنسیپەکان
FAIR: دۆزراوە، بەردەست، هاوکار لەگەڵ یەکتر، دووبارە بەکارهاتوو
بۆشاییەکان
وەک نەبوو پیشان دەدرێت، هەرگیز بە بێدەنگی پڕ ناکرێتەوە
پۆلەکانی داتا و خانە ڕەسەنایەتییەکان کە بۆ هەر یەکێکیان تۆمار کراون؛ کۆمەڵە داتایەک تەنیا کاتێک بە ناو لیست دەکرێت کە مۆڵەتەکەی بەکارهێنانەکەی قبووڵ بکات.
پرەنسیپە ڕێنماییەکانی FAIR · GO FAIR و FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web Consortiumڕێنمایی بۆ مامەڵەی یەکسان لەگەڵ نادڵنیاییەکان · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
06نیشاندەرەکان

What is measured, and how well.

Each indicator carries its unit, its cadence, the kind of source behind it and the evidence label a value would carry. No values are shown: a programme supplies them under its own authority.

IndicatorUnitCadenceSource typeناونیشان
Registered outputs with a persistent identifiershare of outputsmonthlyRegistration agency metadataREPORTED
Identifier resolution successshare of resolution attemptsweeklyResolver probesچاودێریکراو
Metadata completenessshare of recommended fields populatedmonthlyAgency participation reportsچاودێریکراو
Contributors with an ORCID iDshare of contributorsmonthlyRegistration metadataچاودێریکراو
Affiliations with a ROR IDshare of affiliationsmonthlyRegistration metadataچاودێریکراو
Outputs with funder and award identifiersshare of funded outputsmonthlyRegistration metadataچاودێریکراو
Suspected duplicate registrationscountquarterlyTitle and contributor matchingمەزەندەکراو
Agreement between landing page and metadatashare of sampled recordsquarterlySampled comparisonچاودێریکراو
07سەرچاوەکان

Where the evidence comes from.

Named public datasets and institutional records, each with its licence class. Sources by agreement are used only under their terms and never republished.

سەرچاوەWhat it givesLicence class
Crossref metadataDOI metadata for journal articles, books, preprints, conference papers, grants and moreOpen metadata, no restrictions on reuse
DataCite metadataDOI metadata for datasets, software, instruments and other research outputsCC0
ORCID registryContributor identifiers and the works, affiliations and awards linked to themCC0 for the public data file
ROR (Research Organization Registry)Affiliation identifiers for the organisations named in registrationsCC0
ISSN PortalIdentifiers and key titles for serial publicationsBasic records open; full records by subscription from the ISSN International Centre
OpenAlexAn open index of works, authors, institutions and venues built from registration and other metadataCC0
Crossref Participation ReportsField-level metadata completeness for each member organisationکراوە
08بڕیارەکان

Who decides, and what the evidence serves.

Registry prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

Who decidesThe questionEvidence this page serves
Publishers and repository managersWhich metadata to deposit, and how to fix incomplete or duplicated registrationsCompleteness against the agency schema, resolution checks and suspected duplicates
Institutional librariansWhich outputs to report for the institution and how to attribute themContributor and affiliation identifiers in the registered metadata
FundersWhich outputs to attribute to an award in reporting and evaluationFunder and award identifiers in registrations, checked against the award record
Registration agenciesHow to support members whose deposits fall short of schema or resolution requirementsField-level completeness and resolution records for the member’s identifiers

Outputs this topic produces

  • Registration views showing identifier, registration agency, metadata fields and resolution state
  • Metadata completeness checks against the agency schema before deposit
  • Relation maps linking preprints, versions of record, datasets and software
  • Lists of suspected duplicate registrations for steward review
09Core questions

What experts ask about registrations.

  • Which metadata fields are needed for discovery, and which for verification?
  • How should versions, translations and derived works relate to one another?
  • How are authors, institutions and funders identified unambiguously?
  • What should an identifier resolve to after a work is withdrawn?
  • How can registration status avoid being read as a quality judgement?
10Mechanisms

How persistent identifiers work.

Web addresses break when sites are reorganised. Persistent identifier سیستەمە separate a work’s identity from its location: a registration agency issues an identifier, the publisher maintains the metadata and the current location, and a resolver redirects readers. Digital Object Identifiers are the familiar example for publications and datasets, with parallel open identifiers for researchers and research organisations.

Registration also creates relationships. A record can state that a report is a new version of an earlier one, that it is translated from another, that it relies on a dataset or that it has been corrected. When those relations are recorded consistently, a reader holding any version can find all the others.

11Methods and limits

What a good registration holds.

  1. 01

    Descriptive metadata

    Title, contributors with their roles, dates, language, abstract and subject terms, in an open schema.

  2. 02

    پەیوەندییەکان

    Links to versions, corrections, datasets and methods, so the record sits in a graph rather than alone.

  3. 03

    Rights and access

    The licence and access conditions, consistent with rights and disclosure.

  4. 04

    سنوورەکان

    Metadata quality varies with the care of whoever supplies it. An identifier proves that a work was registered, not that it was reviewed or is correct, and identifier سیستەمە depend on the institutions that maintain them.

12میتۆدەکان

How it is studied, and what the methods cannot say.

  1. ئەندازیاریی داتا، هاوکاریی لەیەکتر و پارێزگاریکردنSchema-validated ingestion · Persistent identifier reconciliation · Lineage capture in pipelinesApplied here
  2. ناسنامەی دیجیتاڵی و سیستەمە دیجیتاڵییە گشتییەکانIssuer authentication and authority · Contributor disambiguation by the personApplied here
  3. ئاسایشی سایبەری و کریپتۆگرافیTamper-evident record history · Signed exports and releases · Threat modelling of edit pathsApplied here
13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

ئەو لەش و بەڵگەنامانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیەیان لەگەڵ دەخوێنرێتەوە. دۆخ و وەشانەکان دەگۆڕێن؛ هەر بەستەرێک دەچێتە لای لەشی دەرکەر.

14پرسیارەکان

پرسیار و وەڵام.

What does a DOI guarantee?
That the identifier is unique and that its registrant has committed to keep it resolving to a current location. It does not guarantee the quality, review status or truth of the work it names.
Why do some works have two DOIs?
Usually because a preprint and a published article, or a repository copy and a publisher copy, were registered separately. Relation metadata should link them; when it does not, citations split.
Should datasets and software be registered?
Yes, where they are cited or reused. DataCite and similar agencies register them so they can be credited, versioned and linked to the publications that depend on them.
Why do contributor and affiliation identifiers matter?
Because names are ambiguous. ORCID iDs and ROR IDs in the metadata let funders, institutions and indexes attribute a work to the right people and organisations without guessing from text.
Does a registered publication mean it was peer reviewed?
No. Registration records that a work exists and how to cite it. Its review status is stated separately, as recorded.
Can a publication have more than one identifier?
It can, for example a report identifier and a dataset identifier. The Registry records each and the relations between them.
What happens to an identifier if a work is withdrawn?
It keeps resolving, to a notice that explains the withdrawal and points to any replacement.
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