[Qgis-psc] DOI for QGIS project / Springer Handbook of Geoinformatics / Deadline January 20
Anita Graser
anitagraser at gmx.at
Tue Jan 18 01:38:52 PST 2022
That's great. Thanks, Alessandro!
I've added the "all versions" DOI to https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/DOI
Regards,
Anita
On 18.01.2022 10:36, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
>
> I tried a manual upload: https://zenodo.org/record/5869838
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 9:59 AM Peter Löwe <peter.loewe at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Anita, Nyall, all,
>
> the json file is indeed optional (and can be added in the next
> release, maybe together with a matching CITATION.CFF (also
> optional)). The auto-generated list of authors (AFAIK the names of
> the owners of the GitHub- and Zenodo-accounts) is (just) part of
> the metadata on the QGIS DOI landing page ("the Zenodo page for
> QGIS"). This list of authors can be edited and extended after the
> DOI has been registered. It is not part of the permanently
> preserved digital record (which can't be changed after upload).
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
>
>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Januar 2022 um 08:38 Uhr
> > Von: "Anita Graser" <anitagraser at gmx.at>
> > An: "Nyall Dawson" <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>, "Alessandro
> Pasotti" <apasotti at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "qgis-psc" <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Betreff: Re: [Qgis-psc] DOI for QGIS project / Springer Handbook
> of Geoinformatics / Deadline January 20
> >
> >
> > On 18.01.2022 00:03, Nyall Dawson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 01:33, Alessandro Pasotti
> <apasotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hi Anita,
> > >>
> > >> I followed the instructions and we should be good, but as far
> as I know we would need to wait until the next release is created
> in github to get the webhook triggered and the DOI created.
> > > Don't we also need .zenodo.json file added and populated? (as per
> > > https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3019)
> >
> > Hi Nyall,
> >
> > That seems optional. I don't have one in MovingPandas and the
> > contributor names are automatically generated from Github accounts I
> > guess: https://zenodo.org/record/5838821
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Anita
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Nyall
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 4:20 PM Anita Graser
> <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
> > >>> Hi Alessandro,
> > >>>
> > >>> That doesn't seem to be enough, unfortunately.
> > >>>
> > >>> But the guide is really straightforward, so anyone with
> sufficient privileges should be able to do it rather quickly:
> https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/citeyourcode
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards,
> > >>>
> > >>> Anita
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 17.01.2022 12:48, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi Anita,
> > >>>
> > >>> I added you to the "maintain" role on qgis/QGIS , please let
> me know if it's enough.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:27 PM Anita Graser
> <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
> > >>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have a Zenodo DOI for MovingPandas and it works great. I
> checked if I
> > >>>> can take care of it but I don't seem to have the necessary
> rights to add
> > >>>> qgis/QGIS repo to Zenodo. The only qgis repo where I have
> sufficient
> > >>>> rights is qgis/PSC.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Anita
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 17.01.2022 10:38, Peter Löwe wrote:
> > >>>>> Dear QGIS Board, dear QGIS Developers,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> this is very gentle reminder following up to my mail to
> the QGIS Board from last week (see below): The deadline to include
> a DOI for QGIS in the Springer Handbook of Geographic Information
> is coming up on Thursday. I just want to make sure that all
> software projects covered in the Open Source chapter can make an
> informed decision whether they want to have their DOI referenced
> in the Handbook. Otherwise, the project URL will be used for
> reference.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Currently the second Edition of the Springer Handbook for
> Geographic Information
> (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-72680-7) is
> being finalised.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> QGIS is covered in the chapter on Open Source GIS (thanks
> to the volunteer work of Marco Hubentobler !). Neither the Editors
> nor the Authors receive any pay from Springer for their work and
> won't benefit from the volumes sold.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Recently, new workflows for scientific citation of
> software projects are becoming state of the art. This includes
> references by persistent digital object identifiers (DOI) to
> software projects instead of URLs. DOI have several benefits over
> URLs, the biggest advantage for this community might be that
> DOI-based references allow to give due credit to the whole project
> team, including first authors, developers, but also maintainers
> and people in other roles.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The Springer Handbook will be around for at least five,
> maybe ten years. One reason for DOI (which will keep pointing to
> the latest QGIS release, and maybe more up to date content (see #5
> below) is to give added value to the readers and not to bog them
> down with obsolete information.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Until now, eight OSGeo projects will have their DOI
> referenced in the Open Source Chapter, while six more are in the
> process to register their DOI, hopefully before Thursday (details
> here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/DOI)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The QGIS community can of course register a DOI whenever
> it decides to do so.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Some reasons for DOI for the QGIS community might be:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 1) Little effort, no cost and significant benefits for
> everybody who's involved in QGIS and can use scientific credit for
> their careers (-> students, early career scientists, people on
> tenure track).
> > >>>>> 2) preservation of all code releases in an open access
> long term repository (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenodo), free
> of charge and effortless for the project community (bzw: NASA is
> also using this approach for their data publishing:
> https://earthdata.nasa.gov/collaborate/doi-process)
> > >>>>> 3) Reference by DOI is the way to go when citing anything
> with a long list of authors/committers: QGIS has about _1001_
> committers according to GitHub, that's a lot.
> > >>>>> 4) When ORCIDs (https://orcid.org/) for persons serving as
> developers, maintainers, etc. are included into the committer -
> metadata (GitHub-sided), the DOI workflows will pick this up and
> will add due credit by reference to their citation lists.
> > >>>>> 5) DOI can be used to link information, inclduing video
> recordings and presentations. Videos from FOSS4G events can now be
> linked to software project DOI and vice versa (and also linked to
> ORCIDs of real people), like this one: Dobias, Martin: State of
> QGIS 3D, QGIS ACoruña Conference 2019. https://doi.org/10.5446/40791
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Registering a DOI for software projects takes only a few
> minutes and is described here:
> > >>>>> - Howto mit Screenshots:
> https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/citeyourcode
> > >>>>> - Youtube Howto Video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FGAU9S9Ow
> > >>>>> - Inclusion of a CFF and a JSON file in the codebase for
> automated GitHub-Zenodo integration:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Persistent_identifiers(pid)#Howto_2
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Please contact me if you have any questions on this.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Best regards,
> > >>>>> Peter
> > >>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Januar 2022 um 12:57 Uhr
> > >>>>>> Von: "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> > >>>>>> An: board at qgis.org, psc at qgis.org
> > >>>>>> Betreff: DOI for QGIS project / Springer Handbook of
> Geoinformatics
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Dear QGIS community,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I'm reaching out to you because of an opportunity for the
> QGIS project, which surfaced recently:
> > >>>>>> The upcoming second edition of the Springer Handbook of
> Geoinformatics will cover the QGIS project. The Handbook project
> has been delayed due to the Pandemic, but will be completed in a
> few weeks. I am serving as the editor of the Handbook chapter
> about Open Source Geoinformatics.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Recently, new workflows for scientific citation of
> software projects have emerged and are becoming state of the art.
> This includes references by persistent digital object identifiers
> (DOI) to software projects instead of URLs. DOI-based references
> allow to give due credit to the whole project team, including
> first authors, developers, but also maintainers and people in
> other roles.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The OSGeo projects GRASS GIS, GMT, MapServer, MOSS and
> rasdaman have already registered their own DOI, OSGeoLive will
> follow soon.
> > >>>>>> Hands on information how to register a DOI for a OSGeo
> project are available here:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Persistent_identifiers(pid):
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> As an example, this is the DOI for GRASS GIS:
> https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5810537
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The Editors of the Springer Handbook agree that including
> DOI references for Open Source projects is a win-win-scenario for
> the upcoming book and also the OSGeo project communities. They
> have extended the production deadline until January 20 to give
> additional software projects the opportunity to register a DOI to
> be included in the book chapter.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> If the QGIS project registers a DOI (takes only a few
> minutes) before the deadline of January 20, I would gladly include
> it in the Open Source Geoinformatics chapter reference section.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Best,
> > >>>>>> Peter
> > >>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe
> > >>>>>>
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