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docs/changelog.md

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+### v7.1.0
+_Start Date: 2024-01-30 • Release Date: 2024-02-20 • Dataset release: **no**_
+
+#### Added
+
+- The scientific products aggregated increased by ~5Mi records (+1.6%)
+
+#### Changed
+
+- A refined version of the deduplication strategy allowed to catch more duplicates among the scientific products, implying 
+  a decrease of their total number of ~3.2Mi (-1.35%). More details about the deduplication algorithm are available [here](graph-production-workflow/deduplication/research-products).
+- Updated Crossref publications to include contents until November 2023
+- Updated Datacite contents until December 2023
+
 ### v7.0.0
 _Start Date: 2023-12-18 • Release Date: 2024-01-06 • Dataset release: **yes**_
 

docs/graph-production-workflow/deduplication/research-products.md

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 # Research products
 
-Duplicates among research products are identified among results of the same type (publications, datasets, software, other research products). If two duplicate research products are aggregated one as a dataset and one as a software, for example, they will never be compared and they will never be identified as duplicates.
-OpenAIRE supports different deduplication strategies based on the type of results.
+Duplicates among research products are identified among results of the same
+type (publications, datasets, software, other research products). If two
+duplicate research products are aggregated one as a dataset and one as a
+software, for example, they will never be compared and they will never be
+identified as duplicates.
+OpenAIRE supports different deduplication strategies based on the type of
+results.
 
-The next sections describe how each stage of the deduplication workflow is faced for research products.
+The next sections describe how each stage of the deduplication workflow is faced
+for research products.
 
 ### Candidate identification (clustering)
 
-To match the requirements of limiting the number of comparisons, OpenAIRE clustering for research products works with two functions:
-* *DOI-based function*: the function generates the DOI when this is provided as part of the record properties;
-* *Title-based function*: the function generates a key that depends on (i) number of significant words in the title (normalized, stemming, etc.), (ii) module 10 of the number of characters of such words, and (iii) a string obtained as an alternation of the function prefix(3) and suffix(3) (and vice versa) on the first 3 words (2 words if the title only has 2). For example, the title ``Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson`` becomes ``search standard model higgs boson`` with two keys key ``5-3-seaardmod`` and ``5-3-rchstadel``.
+To match the requirements of limiting the number of comparisons, OpenAIRE
+clustering for research products works with two different strategies based on
+entity types:
 
-To give an idea, this configuration generates around 77Mi blocks, which we limited to 200 records each (only 15K blocks are affected by the cut), and entails 260Bi matches.
+#### Software
+
+* *Title extraction functions*:
+  two clustering functions are applied to the title (normalized, stemming, etc.)
+    * *stats and suffix prefix of words*: the function generates a key that
+      depends on (i) number of significant words in the title, (ii) module 10 of
+      the number of characters of such words, and (iii) a
+      string
+      obtained as an alternation of the function prefix(3) and suffix(3) (and
+      vice-versa) on the first 3 words (2 words if the title only has 2). For
+      example, the title ``Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson``
+      becomes the two keys ``5-3-seaardmod`` and ``5-3-rchstadel``
+    * *n-grams*: the function generates ngrams from the
+      title. For example, the
+      title ``Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson``
+      becomes the keys ``tan``, ``sta``, ``ode``, ``mod``, ``ear``, ``hig``,
+      ``igg``, ``sea``
+* *DOI extraction function*: the function generates the DOI when this is
+  provided as part of the record properties
+* *URL extraction function*: the function generates the hostname part provided
+  by the URL of the software, if any
+
+#### Publication, Dataset and Other Research Product
+
+* *PID extraction function*: the function generates the PIDs when at least one
+  is provided as part of the ``pid`` record properties
+* *Author and Title extraction function*: the function generates a key that
+  depends on (i) the number of authors of the product, with a cap of 21
+  authors (ii) number of significant words in the title (normalized, stemming,
+  etc.), divided by 10, and (iii) a string obtained as an alternation of the
+  function prefix(3) and suffix(3) (and vice versa) on the first 3 words (2
+  words if the title only has 2).
+  <br />
+  For example, a product composed by 197 authors and
+  titled ``Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson``
+  becomes the two keys ``21-0-seaardmod`` and ``21-0-rchstadel``
 
 ### Duplicates identification (pair-wise comparisons)
 
-Comparisons in a block are performed using a *sliding window* set to 50 records. The records are sorted lexicographically on a normalized version of their titles. The 1st record is compared against all the 50 following ones using the decision tree, then the second, etc. for an NlogN complexity.
-A different decision tree is adopted depending on the type of the entity being processed. 
-Similarity relations drawn in this stage will be consequently used to perform the duplicates grouping.
+Comparisons in a block are performed using a *sliding window* set to 50 records.
+The records are sorted lexicographically on the normalized version of their
+titles. The 1st record is compared against all the 50 following ones using the
+decision tree, then the second, etc.
+Local information about matching records is kept and possibly used to prune
+unneeded comparisons, for example once it is known that A equals to both B and
+C, B will not be compared against C because the A,B,C group will be anyway
+discovered by the global transitive closure step later.
+<br />
+A different decision tree is adopted depending on the type of the entity being
+processed.
+Similarity relations drawn in this stage will be consequently used to perform
+the duplicates grouping.
 
 #### Publications
 
-For each pair of publications in a cluster the following strategy (depicted in the figure below) is applied.
+For each pair of publications in a cluster the following strategy (depicted in
+the figure below) is applied.
 The comparison goes through different stages:
-1. *trusted pids check*: comparison of the trusted pid lists (in the `pid` field of the record). If at least 1 pid is equivalent, records match and the similarity relation is drawn.
-2. *instance type check*: comparison of the instance types (indicating the subtype of the record, i.e. presentation, conference object, etc.). If the instance types are not compatible then the records does not match. Otherwise, the comparison proceeds to the next stage
-3. *untrusted pids check*: comparison of all the available pids (in the `pid` and the `alternateid` fields of the record). In every case, no similarity relation is drawn in this stage. If at least one pid is equivalent, the next stage will be a  *soft check*, otherwise the next stage is a *strong check*.
-4. *soft check*: comparison of the record titles with the Levenshtein distance. If the distance measure is above 0.9 then the similarity relation is drawn.
-5. *strong check*: comparison composed by three substages involving the (i) comparison of the author list sizes and the version of the record to determine if they are coherent, (ii) comparison of the record titles with the Levenshtein distance to determine if it is higher than 0.99, (iii) "smart" comparison of the author lists to check if common authors are more than 60%.
+
+1. *trusted pids check*: comparison of the trusted pid lists (in the `pid` field
+   of the record). If at least 1 pid is equivalent, records match and the
+   similarity relation is drawn.
+2. *instance type check*: comparison of the instance types (indicating the
+   subtype of the record, i.e. presentation, conference object, etc.). If the
+   instance types are not compatible then the records does not match. Otherwise,
+   the comparison proceeds to the next stage
+3. *untrusted pids check*: comparison of all the available pids (in the `pid`
+   and the `alternateid` fields of the record). In every case, no similarity
+   relation is drawn in this stage. If at least one pid is equivalent, the next
+   stage will be a  *soft check*, otherwise the next stage is a *strong check*.
+4. *soft check*: comparison of the record titles with the Levenshtein distance.
+   If the distance measure is above 0.9 then the similarity relation is drawn.
+5. *strong check*: comparison composed by three substages involving the (i)
+   comparison of the author list sizes and the version of the record to
+   determine if they are coherent, (ii) comparison of the record titles with the
+   Levenshtein distance to determine if it is higher than 0.95, (iii) "smart"
+   comparison of the author lists to check if common authors are more than 60%
+   in case of titles whose length is greater than 30 chars or more than 90%
+   otherwise.
 
 <p align="center">
     <img loading="lazy" alt="Publications Decision Tree" src={require('../../assets/img/decisiontree-publication.png').default} width="100%" className="img_node_modules-@docusaurus-theme-classic-lib-theme-MDXComponents-Img-styles-module"/>
@@ -39,22 +107,14 @@ The comparison goes through different stages:
 
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-#### Software
-For each pair of software in a cluster the following strategy (depicted in the figure below) is applied.
-The comparison goes through different stages:
-1. *pids check*: comparison of the pids in the records. No similarity relation is drawn in this stage, it is only used to establish the final threshold to be used to compare record titles. If there is at least one common pid, then the next stage is a *soft check*. Otherwise, the next stage is a *strong check*
-2. *soft check*: comparison of the record titles with Levenshtein distance. If the measure is above 0.9, then the similarity relation is drawn
-3. *strong check*: comparison of the record titles with Levenshtein distance. If the measure is above 0.99, then the similarity relation is drawn
-
-<p align="center">
-    <img loading="lazy" alt="Software Decision Tree" src={require('../../assets/img/decisiontree-software.png').default} width="85%" className="img_node_modules-@docusaurus-theme-classic-lib-theme-MDXComponents-Img-styles-module"/>
-</p>
-
-[//]: # (Link to the image: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/19gd1-GTOEEo6awMObGRkYFhpAlO_38mfbDFFX0HAkuo/edit?usp=sharing)
-
 #### Datasets and Other types of research products
-For each pair of datasets or other types of research products in a cluster the strategy depicted in the figure below is applied.
-The decision tree is almost identical to the publication decision tree, with the only exception of the *instance type check* stage. Since such type of record does not have a relatable instance type, the check is not performed and the decision tree node is skipped.
+
+For each pair of datasets or other types of research products in a cluster the
+strategy depicted in the figure below is applied.
+The decision tree is almost identical to the publication decision tree, with the
+only exception of the *instance type check* stage. Since such type of record
+does not have a relatable instance type, the check is not performed and the
+decision tree node is skipped.
 
 <p align="center">
     <img loading="lazy" alt="Dataset and Other types of research products Decision Tree" src={require('../../assets/img/decisiontree-dataset-orp.png').default} width="90%" className="img_node_modules-@docusaurus-theme-classic-lib-theme-MDXComponents-Img-styles-module"/>
@@ -62,8 +122,49 @@ The decision tree is almost identical to the publication decision tree, with the
 
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-### Duplicates grouping (transitive closure)
+#### Software
 
-The general concept is that the field coming from the record with higher "trust" value is used as reference for the field of the representative record.
+For each pair of software in a cluster the following strategy (depicted in the
+figure below) is applied.
+The comparison goes through different stages:
 
-The IDs of the representative records are obtained by appending the prefix ``dedup_`` to the MD5 of the first ID (given their lexicographical ordering). If the group of merged records contains a trusted ID (i.e. the DOI), also the ``doi`` keyword is added to the prefix.
+1. *DOI pids and URLs check*: comparison of the pids of type DOI and URLs in the
+   records. If at least 1 DOI is equivalent or 1 URL is equivalent, then records
+   match and the similarity relation is drawn
+2. *title check*: comparison of the record titles with Levenshtein distance,
+   excluding versioning information.
+   If the distance is below 0.95 then the records does not match. Otherwise, the
+   comparison proceeds to the next stage
+3. *untrusted DOI check*: comparison of all the available DOIs (in the `pid` and
+   the `alternateid` fields of the record). If at least 1 DOI is equivalent,
+   records match and the similarity relation is drawn
+4. *authors check*: "smart" comparison of the author lists to check if the two
+   products share all authors
+
+<p align="center">
+    <img loading="lazy" alt="Software Decision Tree" src={require('../../assets/img/decisiontree-software.png').default} width="85%" className="img_node_modules-@docusaurus-theme-classic-lib-theme-MDXComponents-Img-styles-module"/>
+</p>
+
+[//]: # (Link to the image: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/19gd1-GTOEEo6awMObGRkYFhpAlO_38mfbDFFX0HAkuo/edit?usp=sharing)
+
+### Duplicates grouping
+
+The aim of the final stage is the creation of objects that group all the equivalent
+entities discovered by the previous step. This is done in two phases. 
+
+#### Transitive closure
+As a final step of duplicate identification a transitive closure
+is run against similarity relations to find groups of duplicates not directly 
+caught by the previous steps. If a group is larger than 200 elements only the 
+first 200 elements will be included in the group, while the remaining will be
+kept ungrouped.
+
+#### Creation of representative record (dedup record)
+
+The general concept is that the field coming from the record with higher "trust"
+value is used as reference for the field of the representative record.
+
+The IDs of the representative records are obtained by prepending the
+prefix ``dedup_`` to the MD5 of the first ID (given their lexicographical
+ordering). If the group of merged records contains a trusted ID type (i.e. the
+DOI), also the type keyword (i.e. ``DOI``) is added to the prefix.

versioned_docs/version-7.0.0/changelog.md

@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ This section documents all notable changes for each graph version.
 
 ---
 
+### v7.1.0
+_Start Date: 2024-01-30 • Release Date: 2024-02-20 • Dataset release: **no**_
+
+#### Added
+
+- The scientific products aggregated increased by ~5Mi records (+1.6%)
+
+#### Changed
+
+- A refined version of the deduplication strategy allowed to catch more duplicates among the scientific products, implying
+  a decrease of their total number of ~3.2Mi (-1.35%). More details about the deduplication algorithm are available [here](graph-production-workflow/deduplication/research-products). 
+- Updated Crossref publications to include contents until November 2023
+- Updated Datacite contents until December 2023
+
 ### v7.0.0
 _Start Date: 2023-12-18 • Release Date: 2024-01-06 • Dataset release: **yes**_