University of Lausanne

DataCite repository registration (UNIL data service)

UNIL's membership of the DataCite DOI registry, not DataCite's contract. api.datacite.org/clients?query=unil returns client PWKB.PGDJAM, name "Old DOIs Unil", clientType repository, created 2025-12-12, administered under consortium organisation PWKB (FORS — Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, https://ror.org/00weppy16). DOIs minted under it carry prefix 10.48657 and publisher "UNIL data service" (for example 10.48657/mc4b-0958, 10.48657/3499-cq82). Recorded as a fact about the institution; the registry's own specification belongs to DataCite's repo, never to UNIL's.

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Example
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-lausanne/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-lausanne-datacite-client-example.json

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Registration
https://api.datacite.org/clients/pwkb.pgdjam

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-lausanne:datacite-repository-registration
name: DataCite repository registration (UNIL data service)
x-operator: registry
description: UNIL's membership of the DataCite DOI registry, not DataCite's contract. api.datacite.org/clients?query=unil
  returns client PWKB.PGDJAM, name "Old DOIs Unil", clientType repository, created 2025-12-12, administered
  under consortium organisation PWKB (FORS — Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, https://ror.org/00weppy16).
  DOIs minted under it carry prefix 10.48657 and publisher "UNIL data service" (for example 10.48657/mc4b-0958,
  10.48657/3499-cq82). Recorded as a fact about the institution; the registry's own specification belongs
  to DataCite's repo, never to UNIL's.
humanURL: https://commons.datacite.org/repositories/pwkb.pgdjam
baseURL: https://api.datacite.org
tags:
- DataCite
- DOI
- Research Data
properties:
- type: Registration
  url: https://api.datacite.org/clients/pwkb.pgdjam
- type: Example
  url: examples/university-of-lausanne-datacite-client-example.json