Frequently Asked Questions
I roll my own html to make my instrument webpage and I want complete control over how my instrument is displayed on my site. Can I still use DMR-FIRST?
Yes. DMR-FIRST is an open federated database: If you include the appropriate JSON tags on your webpage to describe your instrument metadata and register your URL with DMR-FIRST, then our web crawler will automatically pick up instrument updates or additions from your website. It will be your responsibility to update your JSON metadata to reflect any changes to your instrumentation.
My IT department must approve any plugin installations to Drupal/WordPress. How do I convince them to install the DMR-FIRST module/plugin?
Please share this statement describing the support, security, and update policy of the DMR-FIRST plugin with your IT department to reassure them about plugin installation. We are also happy to talk directly with your IT folks to handle any concerns on plugin installation. They can contact us at admin@dmr-first.org.
We use an instrument scheduling/billing system that already contains a list of all our instruments. Is there any way to integrate this system with DMR-FIRST?
Yes. Upon request, we can provide a DMR-FIRST API key what will authorize your scheduling/billing system to update instrument data in DMR-FIRST for instruments that reside at your facility, once those instruments are assigned a DOI.