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[wujastyk]

Could PanditProject please register with a body like a DOI authority or the ARK system (free) so that references to entries at PP can be relied upon in the long-term future.
I have been in communication about work going on at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and that institution is very reluctant to use links to outside data sources that are not DOI or ARK. This is understandable, if one takes the long view. Best, Dominik

[ybronner]

In principle this is not only a good idea, but something we must find a way to do. However, it requires more research. I began looking into this, but I'd be happy for some input from others. For DOI, it would be good to know what the price range is, and whether this is a one-time payment or a recurring one, per item or in bulk. Also, I would like to understand better how this is done in practice. For ARK, which is indeed free, it would be good to know if there is a way of not having to change the permalink for the individual entities once registered with ARK. For both, it would be good to know of a DH project roughly similar to ours in size that went through this process, so that we can learn from their experience. Any idea who we can talk to?

[wujastyk]

DOI terms and pricing vary by country. You need to find Israel's DOI registration agency. See https://www.doi.org/RA_Coverage.html I don't quite understand the ARK question. It works the same as DOI, more or less. A digital object gets a unique ARK. For more info, see https://arks.org/

[MarkrExl]

I know that one of the DataCite nodes named Figshare allows researchers to assign DOIs for free. Though, I am not really familiar with the process of doing so. If Figshare's option is not quite suitable for the aims of the current project, it's possible to create your own dataset within the DataCite platform which will assign DOIs, but this will cost money. The price list can be found here: https://datacite.org/feemodel.html

Maybe this can help.