6 Make URIs clear and findable
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Make URIs obvious to users, especially where these differ from access URLs or application pages. For instance, at the record-level, advertise the permanent link together with a statement about persistence.
For instance
The permanent link to this page, which will not change with the next release of Ensembl is: http://Jul2015.archive.ensembl.org/Mus_musculus/Gene/Summary?g=ENSMUSG00000033577;r=9:80165031-80311729;redirect=no We aim to maintain all archives for at least two years; some key releases may be maintained for longer
For archived records that are out of date, make this clear to the user and provide a link to the updated version (see http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12345.1, for instance). Although it is good practice for each database website to include general citation guidance for users, it is ideal to provide a Cite this button at the level of each record.
10 Simple rules for design, provision, and reuse of identifiers for web-based life science data by Julie McMurry, et al. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.31765.
Adaptation from the original preprint to wiki format include typography modifications, changing citations to updated hyperlinks, splitting sections/paragraphs and moving tables/boxes. Modifications by Stian Soiland-Reyes, eScience lab, University of Manchester.