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We create the draft and commit that to the DB first due to the following “chicken and egg” issue:

  • To create a DataPublication we need a DOI [mandatory field]

  • To create a DOI we need a URL which will have the DataPublication ID in it

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Various ICAT tables need other entities to be created first as they are needed as a mandatory relationship. Below is a diagram of what is needed to create a DataPublication and how the api goes about it.

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