Where datasets are hosted in public repositories that provide datasets with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), we encourage these datasets to be formally cited in reference lists. Citations of datasets, when they appear in the reference list, should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite and follow journal style. For example:Hao, Z., AghaKouchak, A., Nakhjiri, N., Farahmand, A. Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (GIDMaPS) Data sets. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.853801 (2014)

Q1:  Why should repositories care about data citation?  We already ask authors to cite an article that describes our resource.  Isn’t that good enough?

Q4:  What is a globally unique web-resolvable identifier and why is it important?

Q7:  Should I put a version number (i.e. semantic information) in the identifier?

Q6: How should I handle landing pages for datasets with multiple versions?