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This PR addresses ticket #69 to provide clearer dataset citation guidance. A graphic was added to clarify options for creating DOIs and two guides were merged into one for simplicity since they overlapped in content

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the data management documentation to provide clearer, consolidated guidance for creating dataset DOIs and citing/publishing datasets (per ticket #69), including an added graphic to clarify DOI pathways.

Changes:

  • Adds a “Navigating DOI Options at LASP” section (with a new DOI options graphic) to the DOI overview page.
  • Merges the “creating a DOI” guide content into the “Publishing and Citing Datasets” guide and deletes the standalone page.
  • Expands publishing options and quick-start instructions for DataCite/CU resources.

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docs/source/data_management/digital_object_identifiers.md Adds DOI option navigation section, promotes registries to subheadings, includes new DOI options graphic.
docs/source/data_management/citing_and_publishing_datasets.md Consolidates DOI creation guidance into the dataset publishing/citation guide; expands options and links.
docs/source/data_management/creating_a_doi.md Deletes the standalone DOI creation guide after merging its content elsewhere.

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2. **Create a DOI and Landing Page** - Register a persistent identifier that resolves to a landing page with comprehensive dataset information.
3. **Maintain Metadata** - Keep DOI metadata accurate and up to date
4. **Cite Datasets Properly** - Follow established data citation principles in publications. Reference
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The workflow list has a numbering mistake (two items labeled "2."). Update the numbering (or use Markdown’s auto-numbering style) so the steps render and read consistently.

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2. **Create a DOI and Landing Page** - Register a persistent identifier that resolves to a landing page with comprehensive dataset information.
3. **Maintain Metadata** - Keep DOI metadata accurate and up to date
4. **Cite Datasets Properly** - Follow established data citation principles in publications. Reference
3. **Create a DOI and Landing Page** - Register a persistent identifier that resolves to a landing page with comprehensive dataset information.
4. **Maintain Metadata** - Keep DOI metadata accurate and up to date
5. **Cite Datasets Properly** - Follow established data citation principles in publications. Reference

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- [Field Descriptions for DOI Form](https://support.datacite.org/docs/field-descriptions-for-form)
- [DataCite Metadata Quality](https://support.datacite.org/docs/metadata-quality)
- [DataCite Community Responsibility](https://support.datacite.org/docs/community-responsibility)
- [Data Citation Roadmap (Scholarly Repositories)](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/10/09/097196.full.pdf)
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This link entry is duplicated earlier in the same list ("Data Citation Roadmap (Scholarly Repositories)" also appears above). Remove one of the duplicates to avoid redundancy.

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- [Data Citation Roadmap (Scholarly Repositories)](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/10/09/097196.full.pdf)

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- [DataCite Community Responsibility](https://support.datacite.org/docs/community-responsibility)
- [Data Citation Roadmap for Scholarly Data Repositories](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/10/09/097196.full.pdf)

![DataCite_Repository_Guidelines](../_static/repository_obligations_table.png)
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The responsibilities sub-list under step 6 is indented, but the image that follows is not, which will end the list and render the image outside of step 6 in Markdown. Indent the image so it remains part of step 6 (or add text clarifying it’s a standalone figure).

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![DataCite_Repository_Guidelines](../_static/repository_obligations_table.png)
![DataCite_Repository_Guidelines](../_static/repository_obligations_table.png)

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## Navigating DOI Options at LASP
There are internal and external options available for creating DOIs for various types of products
including datasets, software, and presentations. If you're not
sure where to start, reach out to the LASP Data Management team for guidance by submitting
a Jira issue with type "DOI" in the [Data Management Jira project](https://jira.lasp.colorado.edu/projects/DATAMAN/).

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Since creating_a_doi.md was removed, ensure this new section doesn’t leave any stale references behind (the same page’s "Useful Links" section still links to creating_a_doi.md, and the Data Management toctree includes it). Update those links to the merged guide to prevent broken navigation/builds.

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sure where to start, reach out to the LASP Data Management team for guidance by submitting
a Jira issue with type "DOI" in the [Data Management Jira project](https://jira.lasp.colorado.edu/projects/DATAMAN/).

![DOI_Format](../_static/doi_options.png)
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The alt text "DOI_Format" doesn’t describe this image (it’s the DOI options graphic). Use more descriptive alt text so screen readers convey the correct content (and to distinguish it from the existing doi_format.png figure).

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![DOI_Format](../_static/doi_options.png)
![Diagram of DOI creation and management options at LASP](../_static/doi_options.png)

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## Quick Start Guide
As of 2018, CU Libraries is a member of DataCite. Through this membership, LASP can mint and
register a limited number of DOIs for datasets housed in our repositories, enabling data to be persistently identified,
accessed, and cited. For LASP-affiliated datasets, researchers can work with the LASP Data Management team
to create DOIs and get advice on CU resources available to support publishing datasets.
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This guide now contains the content that used to live in creating_a_doi.md. Make sure the rest of the documentation no longer links to creating_a_doi.md (e.g., it’s still referenced from the Data Management toctree and digital_object_identifiers.md), otherwise the docs site build/navigation will have broken links after the file deletion.

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Provide detailed instructions for creating DOIs for datasets

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