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When you register your content with us, you create a metadata record for a digital object. The metadata within that record becomes an enduring, widely distributed connection to the research nexus. Our requirements are minimal, beyond basic bibliographic metadata. We’d like to require everything, but don’t because: Not all metadata fields are relevant. For example, not all journals have volumes and issues, and not all articles have funding. Our members are not always able to send us everything, and having some metadata is better than having no metadata. For example, it’s better to have an identifier attached to basic bibliographic information than for there to be no identifier at all. Some metadata are hard to come by. For example, digitized back issues may not have good reference lists available. However, we hope all members will follow our metadata best practices rather than just meeting the basic requirements. This will ensure that the records and identifiers you register with us are discoverable and connected.