[documentation] Creating a doi with zenodo

Write section about how to create a doi for a gitlab repository using zenodo. Basic stages below.

First time creating a doi for this project:

• 1. Have the repository exist on GitLab (and/or DigitalBrainBank)
• 2. In zenodo, log in or create an account. Go to "new upload" and add details about your material. Click the "resave doi" button to get the doi which will be issued by zenodo.
• 3. Copy this doi into your README for your project on GitLab, or other documentation. Include this in a section entitled "How to cite this material".
• 4. Make a “release” of the repository. Add a note to mark this as the initial release.
• 5. Download the repository from GitLab (download icon on the repository home page) as a .zip or other compressed file type.
• 6. Upload the compressed file collection to zenodo.
• 7. Finalise the zenodo entry will all contributors including their ORDIC IDs. Include a link to the GitLab repository.
• 8. Set an embargo period for the material if it is not yet publicly available on GitLab.

• Add instructions for how to include Paul's automation for later releases

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marked the checklist item 1. Have the repository exist on GitLab (and/or DigitalBrainBank) as completed

marked the checklist item 2. In zenodo, log in or create an account. Go to "new upload" and add details about your material. Click the "resave doi" button to get the doi which will be issued by zenodo. as completed

marked the checklist item 3. Copy this doi into your README for your project on GitLab, or other documentation. Include this in a section entitled "How to cite this material". as completed

marked the checklist item 4. Make a “release” of the repository. Add a note to mark this as the initial release. as completed

marked the checklist item 5. Download the repository from GitLab (download icon on the repository home page) as a .zip or other compressed file type. as completed

marked the checklist item 6. Upload the compressed file collection to zenodo. as completed

marked the checklist item 7. Finalise the zenodo entry will all contributors including their ORDIC IDs. Include a link to the GitLab repository. as completed

marked the checklist item 8. Set an embargo period for the material if it is not yet publicly available on GitLab. as completed

Guide posted here: https://open.win.ox.ac.uk/pages/open-science/community/Open-WIN-Community/docs/tools/gitlab/4-2-you-doi/

This has been written for gitlab repos. Could do something similar for other outputs, e.g. lab handbook.

Tagging @wclarke as he might be able to contribute to the zenodo CI documentation (aka "Pauls automation") item above...?

I'll have a go in due course. You are indeed right that setting up a machine to run the CI is the painful step at the moment. Hopefully that will improve in time.

Awesome, thank you. Look forward to progressing this when the time is right!

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