Publish
Publish • Authorship • Commit
To share your Node with the scientific community, and for a chance to be curated by a DeSci Community, you need to publish your Node first. Publishing in DeSci Nodes is irreversible: Once a (version of a) Node has been published, you won't be able to delete or hide it. However, you can always make changes and publish a new version. This gives you full control over your publication while also ensuring transparency and tamper-proofness of the scientific record.
With publishing, your Node will automatically receive a decentralized persistent identifier (dPID) which can be used to reference your work, as well as granularly cite any component within your Node. Learn more about dPID here.
WARNING: Once your Node is published, it will be publicly accessible and you won't be able to delete it.
You are able to make changes to published Nodes and publish a new version of your work. However, the original version will remain public, too.
Quick Overview
After following the basic steps to publish as given below, you can sign & publish with:
ORCiD - You can sign your creations and have them displayed on your ORCID account in one click. If you log into your profile through your ORCID account or link your ORCID account to your profile, you can publish through your ORCID. You can add this in the publish flow, or earlier in your Profile
Follow the steps at Connect ORCID iD to connect to your ORCID before publication,
Or follow Confirm ORCID if you have published before.
Then confirm your Licensing and Commit Message before hitting 'Publish'.
Digital Wallet - For new users who do not want to use an ORCID, we have the option to sign with a digital wallet. We use Metamask to create a digital, verifiable signature. You can add this in the publish flow, or earlier in your Profile
Follow the steps at Connect DID (Wallet) to add your Digital Wallet before publication,
Or follow Confirm DID if you have published before.
Then confirm your Licensing and Commit Message before hitting 'Publish'.
Publishing your Node
You can publish your Node from the Node Drive Panel in the Node Workspace.
This will extend to show you the changes you have made to the newest version you want to publish compared to the previously published version. If this is your first version (V1) the box will be empty. At the bottom you will see 'Continue to Publish'. Click on this to continue.
First Time Publishing
If you're publishing for the first time, you may be asked for some additional information to complete your Profile prior to publishing.
Enter your Name
If you haven't done so already, you will be asked to provide your full name. This name will be attached to your Nodes profile and may be edited at any time.
Connect Publish Credentials
If this is your first time publishing and you created your account via email only, you will be asked to connect Publish Credentials. This can be you ORCID iD or DID (wallet), and is required to be able to publish on DeSci Nodes. Publish Crednetials allow you to interact with the Open State repository and maintain control over your Node's versioning rights independently from the platform used to access it.
Connect ORCID iD
We recommend connecting your ORCID iD so that your academic profile can keep track of your credit and research contributions on DeSci Nodes. To do this, hit Continue with ORCID. This will open a pop-up asking you to sign in with your ORCID credentials.
Connect DID (Wallet)
If you prefer using a decentralized identifier (DID) like Metamask, you can connect this and use it to publish as well. To do so, select Continue with DID. This will allow you to select your DID provider. Selecting your provider will open your browser extension pop-up. You may need to sign into your DID before being able to confirm connecting your DID to DeSci Nodes.
Next Step
After completing your Profile and connecting Publish Credentials, you can move on to the final step: Licensing and Commit Message.
Confirm Publish Credentials
If you've published before, or otherwise have connected Publish Credentials (ORCID or DID) to your account, you may need to confirm this connection prior to publishing.
Confirm ORCID
If you've connected an ORCID iD to your Nodes account, you may be asked to confirm the connection prior to publishing. To do this, select Continue with ORCID. This will open a pop-up asking you to sign in with your ORCID credentials.
Confirm DID
If you're working with a DID on DeSci Nodes, you may need to re-confirm the connection by selecting your DID provider and signing in via your provider's browser extension.
Licensing and Commit Message
Once you've connected and/or confirmed your Publish Credentials, you can select licenses for your components. The choice you make here will apply to all components in your Node that have not previously been assigned an explicit license. For Data and Document components, we recommend CC BY. In line with Open Science practices, this allows anyone to re-use you work as long as they credit you. For Code, we recommend MIT as this most closely aligns with the Open Science principles for this type of artefact.
You may also add a commit message to describe the changes made in this version. This is optional.
Once you're done, hit Publish to make your Node or new version publicly available. Note that you won't be able to delete anything once published. However, you can always publish a new version of your Node with any edits you like.
No ORCID/Digital Wallet
Users who have no ORCID or Digital Wallet should make at least one of these. See either of the above on how to do this and connect them to your Node.
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