Biodiversity Literature Repository: Building the customized FAIR repository by using custom metadata

In the landscape of general-purpose repositories, Zenodo was built at European Laboratory for Particle Physics' (CERN) data center to facilitate sharing and preservation long tail research across all disciplines scientific domains. Given Zenodo’s tradition making artifacts FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), there are still challenges in applying these principles effectively when serving needs specific Plazi’s biodiversity taxonomic literature processing pipeline liberates from publications, it via extensive metadata, minting a DataCite Digital Object Identifier (DOI), licence both human- machine-readable output provided by Zenodo, accessible Biodiversity Literature Repository community Zenodo. The deposits (e.g., treatments, figures) an example how local networks information can be formally linked explicit resources broader context other platforms like GBIF (Global Information Facility). workflows, repository’s traditional submission approach is not enough preserve rich metadata capture highly interlinked objects, such as treatments digital specimens. As prerequisite serve use cases ensure that remain FAIR, introduced concept custom which allows enhancing submissions figures or (see treatment Eurygyrus peloponnesius ) with keywords, based on terms common vocabularies Darwin Core Audubon link respective vocabulary term. aforementioned pipelines features designed served first foremost using public Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces (REST APIs) open web technologies webhooks. This researchers integrate existing new automated workflows into thus empowers communities create self-sustained cross-platform ecosystems. BiCIKL project (Biodiversity Community Integrated Knowledge Library) exemplifies repositories tools become building blocks adoption principles. Starting above pipeline, concepts resulting data, focus used enhance deposits, will explained.