Too Many Copies! The confusion between duplication and versioning

Too Many Copies!

The confusion between duplication and versioning

Muriel.Mewissen@ed.ac.uk EDINA, The University of Edinburgh

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Duplication

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Duplicate – copy, replica, two of the same

Duplication is a good thing!

Not a problem to be dealt with!

Definition

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Golden Copy?

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DefinitionVersion – variant form of something

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How many copies?

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Sources of multiplication

Author Publisher

AO VoRSMUR CVoRAM EVoRP

#2NISO JAV:

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Open Access

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IR Subject Repo

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Sources of multiplication

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Metadata

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Sources of multiplication

AM

Record = Metadata +

CROSSREF, DOI, NISO, ISNI, ORCID, CASRAI, SHARE, OpenAIRE, RIOXX, CERIF, NLM, JATS, …

Same file, different records!

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Collaborative Research

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Subject Repo

Author

IRIRIR

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Sources of multiplication

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Research Information

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Publisher

Subject Repo

Author

IRIRIR

CRIS#10

Sources of multiplication

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Publisher

Subject Repo

Author

IRIRIR

CRIS#More

APIs and SubscriptionsSources of multiplication

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Help from the Jisc Publications Router

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Subject Repo

Author

IRIRIR

CRIS

Publications Router

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• Should I merge records?• How can I propagate changes?• Who has the authority to make

changes?• How can I make sure I report on

the correct number and version of the records?

• How can I tell which is the right copy?• Do I need to keep more than one copy?• How can I tell if two copies are linked?• How can I tell a copy is a duplicate?• How can I tell a copy is a different version?

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Thanks!

Thanks!