On this page, you will find different ways to use Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in your research.

• Link in RWTH Publications
• Link in an article
• Link on a website
• PIDs and Coscine

Every publication created at RWTH must be listed in RWTH Publications, the university's bibliography. In this entry, under the tab "References" you can enter a PID referring to the data on which the publications is based.

To add a PID, please write an e-mail using the link "Request correction" to vdb@ub.rwth-aachen.de that contains the PID. The e-mail already contains the ID of the article.

Of course you can also mention the PID leading to your data directly in the text of your article. Even if the data location might change, the PID remains the same. Hence, it is no problem if the PID proliferates in a pdf file or a printed version.

Another possibility is sharing a PID on a website. This might be useful, for example, on a project webpage documenting a research projects output.

PIDs and Coscine

A PID is automatically assigned to projects and resources in Coscine.

You can link your Coscine projects and resources via PIDs and share them with others.

• The PID of your project can be found on its Configuration & Metadata page (/config-metadata).
• The PID of your resources can be found in the resource settings.
• See the Coscine documentation for instructions.