Integration · Digital Science
Figshare
Figshare · Digital Science
Figshare is a cloud-based research repository operated by Digital Science, supporting public and private storage of datasets, figures, media, papers, posters, preprints, and code. It mints DataCite DOIs for published items, provides version history, and exposes usage metrics (views, downloads, citations). Institutional Figshare deployments allow universities to run branded research portals with their own branding and discovery. Figshare integrates with ORCID for authentication and contributor identity, and its API enables programmatic deposit and metadata retrieval. For CASRAI, Figshare is a target repository for data and software outputs with CRediT roles in contributor metadata.
What to use from CASRAI
Touchpoints
- 01Author and contributor metadata — ORCID iD capture at deposit; ROR support in institutional Figshare deployments
- 02DataCite DOI registration — contributor metadata (including ORCID iDs) flows through DataCite into the scholarly PID graph
- 03Licence metadata — supports CC, CC0, MIT, Apache, and other licences aligned with open-data principles in the CASRAI Dictionary
- 04Institutional Figshare — custom metadata fields can be added to capture CRediT roles in structured form at institutional deployments
- 05API — programmatic deposit and metadata retrieval for institutional dashboards and CRIS integrations
Setup
Integration steps
- 1Authenticate with ORCID to ensure your deposit is linked to your verified researcher identity
- 2Complete the contributor metadata fields, including co-author ORCID iDs and ROR-based affiliations
- 3Select a licence appropriate to your funding mandate (CC0 for data is recommended by many funders)
- 4Add a CRediT contribution statement in the description or a README file attached to the deposit
- 5For institutional deployments: work with your Figshare administrator to add custom CRediT role fields to the deposit form
- 6Cross-link the dataset DOI to the related journal article DOI using the "related materials" field at deposit
