CSTR is an identifier for Common Science and Technology Resources, to provide persistent identification services for the positioning, traceability, citation, statistics and evaluation of science and technology resources.

Prefix

cstr

Keywords

centrally registered identifier open science subject agnostic

Links

Homepage

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Common Science and Technology Resources should match this regular expression:
^\w{5}\.\d{2}\..*$

Example Local Unique Identifier

31253.11.sciencedb.j00001.00123   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Common Science and Technology Resources should match this regular expression:
^cstr:\w{5}\.\d{2}\..*$

Example CURIE

cstr:31253.11.sciencedb.j00001.00123

Contact

Missing Contact

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 2 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 31253.11.sciencedb.j00001.00123 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Common Science and Technology Resources. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.