{"id":132,"date":"2020-03-17T22:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2020-03-18T07:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:31:36","slug":"metadata-should-be-accessble-even-when-the-data-are-no-longer-available","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/accessible\/metadata-should-be-accessble-even-when-the-data-are-no-longer-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible: Metadata should be accessble even when the data are no longer available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The tale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The elf Ahlert came back to the wizard Uku with tears in her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d inquired the wizard and studied the crying elf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cIt was there. I know it was there, but I couldn\u2019t find it\u201d, sobbed Ahlert. \u201cWhat?\u201d asked the wizard. \u201cWhat was where? I don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cI had a perfect clue for a data chest. I was so keen on finding it. But all I found were some empty chests with tiny chunks of gold and a kind of mixture lying about. But there was absolutely nothing that looked like data\u201d, wondered Ahlert, shaking her head. \u201cSo close, yet so far. It was mentioned in a book \u2026 \u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cTerribly frustrating!\u201d exclaimed the wizard. &nbsp;\u201cDid you look for clues out there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cDid I look for clues?\u201d Ahlert replied indignantly. \u201cI have spent hours looking around, even trying to talk to people from Ogohu Isle where the chest was supposed to be. But nothing. Nothing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cYou have to get back in the saddle,\u201d ordered the wizard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cI have a horse?\u201d Ahlert asked bewildered. \u201cNow I\u2019m really confused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cLet me explain something to you,\u201d the wizard said to Ahlert, placing a hand on her shoulder and accompanying her out of the basement. \u201cHorses aren\u2019t always in flesh and blood \u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty of good reasons why data disappear from repositories and similar places. They may be withdrawn due to cost of having them online, if no one is left to maintain access to the data, or for other reasons. However, if the metadata about the data set disappear as well, it will leave humans and machines in an \u201cunfulfilled\u201d state, when they try to retrieve the data, e.g. when resolving a persistent identifier, or following a link to the entry of a repository. Therefore, make sure to leave metadata telling that \u201cyes, the data were here, but they are no longer available\u201d. Leaving metadata may also offer information on the context, the authors and the institution, where the data were created, for those looking for further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/9.png 350w, https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/03\/9-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tale The elf Ahlert came back to the wizard Uku with tears in her eyes. &#8211; \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d inquired the wizard and studied the crying elf. &#8211; \u201cIt was there. I know it was there, but I couldn\u2019t find it\u201d, sobbed Ahlert. \u201cWhat?\u201d asked the wizard. \u201cWhat was where? I don\u2019t understand.\u201d &#8211; \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forskningsdata.dk\/fairytale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}