Requirements for institutions

The requirements fall into three groups: legal, technical and metadata quality. You can check yourself against the list below before sending an application.

Legal requirements

A registered legal entityThe institution must be registered under the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.Publishing activity confirmedThe right to publish a journal, collection, conference proceedings or monograph is confirmed by a document.A responsible staff member appointedThe person responsible for metadata quality is designated by an order.Copyright settledThe institution must hold the right to publish the works and to distribute their metadata.

Technical requirements

A stable web addressWhere there is an electronic edition, the site hosting the publications must run without interruption and open over HTTPS.A separate page for each publicationA record should point to a permanent page address rather than to a file.Report address changesIf the site or its address structure changes, the redirects must be updated.

Metadata quality

Required fields completeEvery record must have a title, authors, source, date and language.Data matches the originalThe order of authors, the pages and the date exactly match the printed or electronic edition.No duplicate recordsSeveral DRIs are not requested for one publication; if a duplicate is found, the records are merged.Errors corrected on timeAn identified discrepancy is corrected within 10 working days.

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The national digital identifier and open registry of Uzbekistan's scholarly publications.