Understanding DOI attribution in biodiversity repositories: A Brazilian case study

The data sharing definitions and openness must consider, additionally, issues of institutional interest, national sovereignty, intra- and extra-country asymmetries and of reciprocity, in order to avoid increasing inequalities in the scientific and technology and population access to knowledge. In biodiversity context, Brazil has a huge relevance once the country occupies almost half of South America and is the country with the greatest biodiversity in the world. The repository SiBBr was developed as the Brazilian national repository of data and information on biodiversity, responsible for organizing, indexing, storing and making available data and information about biodiversity and Brazilian ecosystems, providing subsidies for scientific researches and government management related to conservation and sustainable use. This is a Brazilian case study that aims to bring out the challenges involved in understanding DOI attribution in biodiversity repositories. How DOI attribution to biodiversity materials in SiBBr can work as unique and persistent identifiers, allowing a relevant increase in the citations and visibility of Brazilian biodiversity data. Once the relevant context of SiBBr, serving as the Brazilian national GBIF node, it is mandatory to implement best practices in the SiBBr repository, for instance, including better characterization, identification, location and (re)use of data published.