From da7e3ffe873b6bdcc10ec6a1f2b04ea0577e6911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohammed Taha Khan <mohammed.taha.khan@cern.ch>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:28:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] revert: remove dissertation DOI metadata check

---
 scripts/metadata_checks.py | 25 -------------------------
 1 file changed, 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/metadata_checks.py b/scripts/metadata_checks.py
index 236514c0..bee37310 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata_checks.py
+++ b/scripts/metadata_checks.py
@@ -51,31 +51,6 @@
                 }
             ],
         },
-        {
-            "id": "cern:dissertation/doi-required",
-            "title": "Dissertation DOI required",
-            "message": "Dissertations must provide a DOI",
-            "description": "To submit a dissertation, a DOI must be provided.",
-            "level": "error",
-            "error_path": "pids.doi",
-            "condition": {
-                "type": "comparison",
-                "left": {"type": "field", "path": "metadata.resource_type.id"},
-                "operator": "==",
-                "right": "publication-dissertation",
-            },
-            "checks": [
-                {
-                    "type": "comparison",
-                    "left": {
-                        "type": "field",
-                        "path": "pids.doi.identifier",
-                    },
-                    "operator": "!=",
-                    "right": "",
-                }
-            ],
-        },
         {
             "id": "cern:doi/prefix-community",
             "title": "CERN DOI prefix required",