diff --git a/content/news/2024_03_15_GRASS_DOI_number_at_zenodo.md b/content/news/2024_03_15_GRASS_DOI_number_at_zenodo.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..192e3dc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2024_03_15_GRASS_DOI_number_at_zenodo.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +title: "Cite GRASS with DOI" +date: 2024-03-15T08:42:00+01:00 +layout: "news" +author: Peter Loewe and the GRASS Development Team +--- + +### Cite GRASS GIS and your geospatial data in scientific works - now with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)! + + +The GRASS GIS project celebrated its 40th birthday last year. Over the decades, +GRASS GIS has spread around the globe and has enabled generations of researchers +to conduct geospatial research in many fields of science. + + + GRASS GIS 8.3.2 in Zenodo + + +As a new feature, reflecting the current change towards data-driven science and +the paradigms of **Open Science** (including Open Source) and the **FAIR** principles +(Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), GRASS GIS software can now be +referenced by *Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)*. DOI are digital persistent +identifiers to reference internet resources in scientific or official publications. +DOI can be resolved in web browsers similar to web addresses (URL). +While an URL will fail once the content is moved to another internet +location, DOI will always point to the intended resource, which is a requirement +for long term references in scientific works. + +DOI allow to reference the whole GRASS GIS project via a concept DOI +() or particular software versions +like the current [GRASS GIS 8.3.2](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10817962), +or older versions going back to [GRASS GIS 7.8.6](). + +In addition, geospatial datasets for GRASS GIS can also be referenced by a DOI. +See for example the Natural Earth GRASS dataset at . + + + Citation of GRASS GIS 8.3.2 in Zenodo + + +Since DOI can be interlinked by meta data, connected networks of GRASS GIS related +resources can be established, linking code, data and additional information, such as +video recordings about GRASS GIS. Well known examples are the +GRASS GIS code [evolution video](https://doi.org/10.5446/14652), +[conference recordings](https://doi.org/10.5446/55251) or the historic +[USACERL GRASS GIS commercial from 1987](https://doi.org/10.5446/12963), +narrated by William Shatner of Star Trek fame. + +These DOI features are based on an underlying integration of the current +GRASS GIS code repository on GitHub with the Open Access repository +[Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/), which is also based on Open Source. + +A GRASS GIS DOI link will always resolve to a landing page within the Zenodo +repository, which is linked to the respective GutHub code repository. The +landing pages in Zenodo include a convenient feature for scientific citation: +The “Citation” section generates on the fly well formatted citation +strings in thousands of citation styles. + +_Peter Loewe and the GRASS Dev Team_ diff --git a/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo.png b/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f30a205c Binary files /dev/null and b/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo.png differ diff --git a/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo_citation.png b/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo_citation.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..edcca212 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/images/news/grass_in_zenodo_citation.png differ