Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number

Persistent unique identifiers (PID) are a critical element in digital research data infrastructure to unambiguously identify, locate, and cite digital representations of a growing range of entities – publications, data, instruments, organizations, funding awards, field programs, and others. The IGSN...

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Autores principales: Jens Klump, Kerstin Lehnert, Damian Ulbricht, Anusuriya Devaraju, Kirsten Elger, Dirk Fleischer, Sarah Ramdeen, Lesley Wyborn
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:88e969c1fc924ff8b0f83538802ac1e12021-11-08T08:06:16ZTowards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number1683-147010.5334/dsj-2021-033https://doaj.org/article/88e969c1fc924ff8b0f83538802ac1e12021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://datascience.codata.org/articles/1368https://doaj.org/toc/1683-1470Persistent unique identifiers (PID) are a critical element in digital research data infrastructure to unambiguously identify, locate, and cite digital representations of a growing range of entities – publications, data, instruments, organizations, funding awards, field programs, and others. The IGSN was developed as the International Geo Sample Number to provide a persistent, globally unique, web resolvable identifier for physical samples. IGSN is both a governance and technical system for assigning globally unique persistent identifiers to physical samples. Even though initially developed for samples in the geosciences, the application of IGSN can be and has already been expanded to other domains that rely on physical samples and collections. This paper describes the current architecture and technical implementation of IGSN, how IGSN relates to other sample identifiers, and how its technical systems are supported by an international governance structure.Jens KlumpKerstin LehnertDamian UlbrichtAnusuriya DevarajuKirsten ElgerDirk FleischerSarah RamdeenLesley WybornUbiquity Pressarticlepersistent identifiermetadataphysical specimenresearch data infrastructureScience (General)Q1-390ENData Science Journal, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic persistent identifier
metadata
physical specimen
research data infrastructure
Science (General)
Q1-390
spellingShingle persistent identifier
metadata
physical specimen
research data infrastructure
Science (General)
Q1-390
Jens Klump
Kerstin Lehnert
Damian Ulbricht
Anusuriya Devaraju
Kirsten Elger
Dirk Fleischer
Sarah Ramdeen
Lesley Wyborn
Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
description Persistent unique identifiers (PID) are a critical element in digital research data infrastructure to unambiguously identify, locate, and cite digital representations of a growing range of entities – publications, data, instruments, organizations, funding awards, field programs, and others. The IGSN was developed as the International Geo Sample Number to provide a persistent, globally unique, web resolvable identifier for physical samples. IGSN is both a governance and technical system for assigning globally unique persistent identifiers to physical samples. Even though initially developed for samples in the geosciences, the application of IGSN can be and has already been expanded to other domains that rely on physical samples and collections. This paper describes the current architecture and technical implementation of IGSN, how IGSN relates to other sample identifiers, and how its technical systems are supported by an international governance structure.
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author Jens Klump
Kerstin Lehnert
Damian Ulbricht
Anusuriya Devaraju
Kirsten Elger
Dirk Fleischer
Sarah Ramdeen
Lesley Wyborn
author_facet Jens Klump
Kerstin Lehnert
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Kirsten Elger
Dirk Fleischer
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Lesley Wyborn
author_sort Jens Klump
title Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
title_short Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
title_full Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
title_fullStr Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
title_full_unstemmed Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number
title_sort towards globally unique identification of physical samples: governance and technical implementation of the igsn global sample number
publisher Ubiquity Press
publishDate 2021
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