Requirements

Note

As a Kiel University member, you can access the IGSN service to obtain IGSN IDs for your physical samples. To register an IGSN ID, you must have an employee or institutional account.

To make sure your request for an IGSN ID is approved, you’ll need to meet certain requirements:

• Ensure that the physical sample associated with the IGSN ID will be archived and made accessible for the long term, in accordance with the rules of Good Scientific Practice of the DFG, e.g., by archiving in the sample storage of the associated institution.

• Make sure that the samples associated with the IGSN ID meet a certain level of content quality, meaning they are worthy of being cited in academic work.

• Submit metadata for the IGSN ID through the IGSN Service, following the guidelines in the metadata schema. You will also need to maintain this metadata over the long term.