CHORUS and DataCite sign MOU to advance linking and discoverability - CHORUS

"CHORUS and DataCite have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to adopt identifiers and standards to manage access to and reporting of research outputs. Authoritative connections between researchers and their works, funding sources, and affiliations, are essential for delivering public access to scholarly content. As not-for-profit organizations engaged in supporting discoverability in scholarly communications, both DataCite and CHORUS have an important contribution to make creating and supporting these links. The organizations commit to dialog and cooperation on the following topics: Supporting simple and non-ambiguous links between datasets, researchers and their funding Displaying links between CHORUS content and DataCite DOIs in the CHORUS dashboards and reports Building awareness of DataCite services among funding agency researchers and administrators Encouraging the use of persistent identifiers for researchers and organizations to support public access to research works ..."