As a Metadata Plus user, I'd like a way to retrieve metadata for a journal that has changed titles and ISSNs throughout its history

DeepDyve, one of our Metadata Plus users, has requested the ability to retrieve ALL works for a journal that has had its title and ISSNs updated in its history.

Here's the example we were discussing (Zendesk 390108):

BMJ evidence-based medicine (ISSNs 2515446X,25154478) https://data.crossref.org/depositorreport?pubid=J311949

Evidence-Based Medicine (ISSNs 13565524,14736810) https://data.crossref.org/depositorreport?pubid=J5595

At some point in the past, BMJ updated the title of this journal. From BMJ's perspective and the perspective of metadata users, this is the same journal. According to our records and the ISSN Centre's guidance on this, these are distinct journals, since the titles and ISSNs used are distinct. DeepDyve is enquiring about creating relationships (or other mechanisms) in our metadata to link the journal-title-level records in order to retrieve ALL historical works.

How urgent

Low urgency, albeit several metadata users would appreciate this request.

Definition of ready

  • Product owner:
  • Tech lead:
  • Service:: or C:: label applied
  • Definition of done updated
  • Acceptance testing plan:
  • Weight applied

Definition of done

  • Unit tests identified, implemented, and passing
  • SONAR on merge request branch checked by tech lead
  • SONAR on merge request branch checked by reviewer
  • Code reviewed
  • Available for acceptance testing via a staging URL, or otherwise
  • Consider any impacts to current or future architecture/infrastructure, and update specifications and documentation as needed
  • Knowledge base reviewed and updated
  • Public documentation reviewed and updated
  • Acceptance criteria met
    • AC 1
    • AC 2
  • Acceptance testing passed
  • Deployed to production

Prior to and during Backlog Refinement, consider the potential impacts this user story may have on the following areas:

  • Billing/costs
  • Internal documentation
  • External documentation
  • Schema
  • Outputs
  • Operations
  • Support & Membership experience
  • Outreach & Communications
  • Testing
  • Internationalization
  • Accessibility
  • Metrics, analytics, reporting

Additional details about the above items can be found here.

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