DataCite Metadata Kernel

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DataCite‐InternationalDataCitation

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DataCiteMetadataSchema

forthePublicationandCitationof

ResearchData

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Version3.1June2015

doi:10.5438/0010

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MembersoftheMetadataWorkingGroup

JoanStarr,CaliforniaDigitalLibrary(chairofworkinggroup)

NoémieAmmann,ETHZurich

JanAshton,BritishLibrary

AmyBarton,PurdueUniversityLibrary

JanneanElliott,DOE/OSTI

Marie‐ChristineJacquemot‐Perbal,Inist‐CNRS

MerjaKarjalainen,SND

AndreasOskarKempf,GESIS

LynneMcAvoy,CISTI

ElizabethNewbold,BritishLibrary

LarsHolmNielsen,CE

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SebastianPeters,TIB

MadeleinedeSmaele,TUDelft

NatalijaSchleinstein,GESIS

MohamedYahia,Inist‐CNRS

FraukeZiedorn,TIB(MetadataSupervisor)

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TableofContents

1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................

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1.1 TheDataCiteConsortium ........................................................................................................ 3

1.2 DataCiteCommu

nityParticipation.......................................................................................... 3

1.3 TheMe

tadataSchema............................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Version3.1Update.................................................................................................................. 4

2 DataCiteMetadataProperties ........................................................................................................ 5

2.1 Overview..................................................................................................................................

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2.2 Citation ....................................................................................................................................

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2.3 DataCiteProperties ................................................................................................................. 8

3 XMLExa

mple ................................................................................................................................. 20

4 XMLSch

ema .................................................................................................................................. 20

5 OtherDataCiteSe

rvices ................................................................................................................ 20

Appendices ............................................................................................................................................

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Appendix1:ControlledLis

tDefinitions................................................................................................. 21

Appendix2:EarlierVersionUp

dateNotes............................................................................................ 36

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1 Introduction

1.1 TheDataCiteConsortium

Scholarlyresearchisproducingeverincreasingamountsofdigitalresearchdata,anditdependson

datatoverifyresearchfindings,createnewresearch,andsharefindings.Inthiscontext,whathas

beenmissinguntilrecently,isapersistentapproachtoaccess,identification,sharing,andre‐useof

datasets.Toaddressthisneed,theDataCite

internationalconsortiumwasfoundedinlate2009with

thesethreefundamentalgoals:

 establisheasieraccesstoscientificresearchdataontheInternet,

 increaseacceptanceofresearchdata aslegitimate,citablecontributionstothescientific

record,and

 supportdataarchivingthatwillpermitresultstobeverifiedandre‐purposedforfuture

study.

Sinceitsfoundingin2009,DataCitehasgrownandnowspanstheglobefromEuropeandNorth

AmericatoAsiaandAustralia.TheaimofDataCiteistoprovide domainagnosticservicestobenefit

scholarsinawiderangeofdisciplines.

KeytotheDataCiteserviceisth

econceptofalongtermorpersistentidentifier.Apersistent

identifierisanassociationbetweenacharacterstringandaresource.Resourcescanbefiles,parts of

files,persons,organizations,abstractions,etc.DataCiteusesDigitalObjectIdentifiers(DOIs

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atthe

presenttimeandisconsideringtheuseofotheridentifierschemesinthefuture.Forthisreason,the

MetadataSchemahasbeendesignedwithflexibilityandextensibilityinmind.

1.2 DataCiteCommunityParticipation

TheMetadataWorkingGroupwouldliketoacknowledgethecontributionstoourworkofmany

colleaguesinourinstitutionswhoprovidedassistanceofallkinds.Theirhelphasbeengreatly

appreciated.Inaddition,weareindebtedtonumerousindividuals andorganizationsinthebroader

scholarlycommunitywhohavetakenaninterestinthiswork.Becausedatacit

ationanddata

managementareevolvingareasofconcern,welookforwardtocontinuedinterest.Withthisinmind,

theWorkingGroupprovidesaninteractivediscussionforumforDataCitemembersandclientsto

discusstheDataCiteMetadataSchemaandissuesconnectedwithmetadatasubmittedtoDataCite,

asappropriate

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1.3 TheMetadataSchema

TheDataCiteMetadataSchemaisalistofcoremetadataproperties chosenfortheaccurateand

consistentidentificationofaresourceforcitationandretrievalpurposes,alongwithrecommended

useinstructions.Theresourcethatisbeingidentifi ed canbeofanykind,butitistypicallyadataset.

Weusetheterm‘dataset’init

sbroadestsense.Wemeanittoincludenotonlynumericaldata,but

anyotherresearchdataoutputs.Themetadataschemapropertiesarepresentedanddescribedin

detailinSection2

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http://www.datacite.org

DOIsareadministeredbytheInternationalDOIFoundation,http://www.doi.org/

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/datacite‐metadata

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Inthisreleaseofthemetadataschema, therearesomelargerchanges.Thedocumentationnow

indicateswhichoptionalpropertiescanbeusedtoachievegreaterexposurefortheresource’s

metadata(seeSection2.1

).Anothernotablechangeisthatthereisanewoptionavailable:theability

tolinkexternal,local,and/ordomain‐specificmetadatatotheDataCiterecord.Wewillobservewith

interesthowDataCiteclientsmakeuseofthisnewfacility.Foraspecifiedlistofchanges,seeSection

1.4.

PleasenotethatDataCitereservestherighttosharemetadatawithinformationindexesandother

entities.

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Lastly,inordertosupportopennessandfutureextensibilityoftheschema,acollaborationbetween

DataCiteandtheDublinCoreMetadataInitiative(DCMI)ScienceandMetadataCommunity(SAM)

is

producingaversionoftheschemaina DublinCoreApplicationProfileformat.TheApplicationProfile

versionwillbereleased

followingthisVersion3.1releaseandwillbemaintainedwithallfuture

versionsoftheSchema.

1.4 Version3.1Update

Version3.1oftheschemaincludesthesechanges:

 NewaffiliationattributeforCreatorand Contribu tor

 NewrelationTypepairs

o IsReviewedByandReviews

o IsDerivedFromandIsSourceOf

 NewcontributorType:DataCurator

 NewrelatedIdentifierTypes:

o arXiv

o bibcode

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Version3.1ofthedocumentationincludesthesechanges:

 Documentationforthene

waffiliationattributesforCreatorandContributor

 Specialnotesaboutsupportforlonglistsofnames(CreatorandContributor)

 Additionalguidancefor:

 RecordingPublicationYear

 Handlingthedigitizedversionofphysical object

 Handlingmissingmandatorypropertyvalues,includingstandardvaluestable

 Documentationforthene

wcontributorType:DataCurator

 Documentationforthetwonewrelate dIdentifierTypes:

 arXiv

 bibcode

 Documentation,includingexamples,forthenewrelationTypepairs:

 IsReviewedByandReviews

 IsDerivedFromandIsSourceOf

 Correctionoflinkerrorsin3.0documentation

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ThisisaddressedintheDataCiteBusinessPrinciples,availablehere:

http://datacite.org/sites/default/files/Business_Models_Principles_v1.0.pdf

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FormoreinformationonDCMISAM,seehttp://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Science_And_Metadata.

TheApplicationProfilewillbereleasedonDataCite’sGithubsite:https://github.com/datacite.

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2 DataCiteMetadataProperties

2.1 Overview

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ThepropertiesoftheDataCiteMetadataSchemaarepresentedinthissection. Moredetailed

descriptionsoftheproperties,andtheirrelatedsub‐properties,areprovidedinSections2.3

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Therearethreedifferentlevelsofobligationforthemetadataproperties:

 Mandatory(M)propertiesmustbeprovided,

 Recommended(R)propertiesareoptional,butstronglyrecommended and

 Optional(O)propertiesareoptionalandprovidericherdescription.

Thoseclientswhowishtoenhancetheprospectsthattheirmetadatawillbefound,citedand

linkedtooriginalresearcharestronglyencouragedtos

ubmittheRecommendedaswellas

Mandatorysetofproperties.Together,theMandatoryandRecommendedsetofpropertiesand

theirsub‐propertiesareespeciallyvaluabletoinformationseekersandadded‐serviceproviders,such

asindexers.TheMetadataWorkingGroupmembersstronglyurgetheinclusionofmetadata

identifiedasRecommendedforthepu

rposeofachievinggreaterexposurefortheresource’s

metadatarecord,andtherefore,theunderlyingresearchitself.

ThepropertieslistedinTable1

havetheobligationlevelMa ndatory,andmustbesuppliedwhen

submittingDataCitemetadata.ThepropertieslistedinTable2

haveoneoftheobligationlevels 

RecommendedorOptional,andmaybesuppliedwhensubmittingDataCitemetadata.

InTables1and2,thecombinedMandatoryandRecommended“super set”ofpropertiesandsub‐

propertiesthatenhancetheprospectthattheresource’smetadatawillbefound,citedandlinkedis

indicatedbyshading,assh

ownintheexamplebelow.

Exampleofshading

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

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Subject 0‐n Subject,keyword,classification

code,orkeyphrasedescribing

theresource.

Freetext.

OftheRecommendedsetofproperties,thetwomostimportanttousearetheproperties

ResourceTypeandDescription,togetherwiththeirRecommendedsub‐properties

resourceTypeGeneral=”controlled list value”(seeAppendix1

)and

descriptionType=”Abstract”(seeSection2.

3).Appendix1includesde tailed descriptionsof

controlledlistvalues,usingthesameshadingtoindicatethosevaluesthatareespeciallyimportant

forinformationseekersandadded‐serviceproviders.

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ItcannotbeemphasizedenoughhowvaluableresourceTypeGeneralandDescriptionare

tootherscholarsinfindingtheresourceandthendeterminingwhetherornottheresource,once

found,isworthinvestigatingfurther,re‐usingorvalidating.

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Table1:DataCiteMandatoryProperties

ID Property

Obligation

1 Identifier(withtypesub‐property) M

2 Creator(withnameidentifierandaffiliationsub‐properties) M

3 Title(withoptionaltypesub‐properties) M

4 Publisher M

5 PublicationYear M

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Table2:DataCiteRecommendedandOptionalProperties

ID Property

Obligation

6 Subject(withschemesub‐property) R

7 Contributor(withtype,nameidentifier,andaffiliationsub‐

properties)

R

8 Date(withtypesub‐property) R

9 Language O

10 ResourceType(withgeneraltypedescriptionsub‐property) R

11 AlternateIdentifier(withtypesub‐property) O

12 RelatedIdentifier(withtypeandrelationtypesub‐properties) R

13 Size O

14 Format O

15 Version O

16 Rights O

17 Description(withtypesub‐property) R

18 GeoLocation(withpointandboxsub‐properties) R

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2.2 Citation

Becausemanyusersofthisschemaaremembersofavarietyofacademicdisciplines,DataCite

remainsdiscipline‐agnosticconcerningmatterspertainingtoacademicstylesheetrequirements.

Therefore,DataCiteencouragesratherthanrequiresaparticularcitationformat

.Inkeepingwith

thisapproach,thefollowingisthepreferredformatforrenderingaDataCitecitationforhuman

readersusingthefirstfivepropertiesoftheschema:

Creator(PublicationYear):Title.Publisher.Identifier

Itmayalsobedesirabletoincludeinfor mationfromtwooptionalproperties,Versionand

ResourceType(asappropriate).Ifso,thepreferre

dformisasfollows:

Creator(PublicationYear):Title.Version.Publisher.ResourceType.Identifier

Forcitationpurposes,DataCiteprefersthatDOInamesaredisplayedaslinkable,permanentURLs.

TheIdentifiermayappearinitsoriginalformat.Iftheoriginalformatischosen,besuretoincludethe

characters“doi:"pre‐pendedtotheId

entifierasin“doi:10.1234/abc.”

Forresourcesthatdonothaveastandardpublicationyearvalue,DataCitesuggeststhat

PublicationYearshouldincludethedatethatwouldbepreferredforuseinacitation.

Hereareseveralexamples:

 Irino,T;Tada,R(2009):ChemicalandmineralcompositionsofsedimentsfromODP Site127‐

797.V.2.1

.GeologicalInstitute,UniversityofTokyo.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726855



 Geofonoperator(2009):GEFONeventgfz2009kciu(NWBalkanRegion).

GeoForschungsZentrumPotsdam(GFZ).http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.GEOFON.gfz2009kciu



 Denhard,Michael(2009):dphase_m peps:MicroPEPSLAF‐Ensem blerunbyDWDfortheMAP

D‐PHASEproject.WorldDataCenterforClimate.Dataset.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/dphase_mpeps





Aspecialnoteregardingcitationofdynamicdatasets:



Fordatasetsthatarecontinuouslyandrapidlyupdated,therearespecialchallenges bothincitation

andpreservation.Forcitation,threeapproachesarepossible:

a) Citeaspecificslice(thesetofupdatestothedatasetmadeduringaparticularperiodoftime

ortoaparti

cularareaofthedataset);

b) Citeaspecificsnapshot(acopyoftheentiredatasetmadeataspecifictime);

c) Citethecontinuouslyupdateddataset,butaddanAccessDateandTimetothecitation.



Notethata“slice”and“snapshot”areversionsofth

edatasetandrequireuniqueidentifiers.The

thirdoptioniscontroversial,becauseitnecessarilymeansthatfollowingthecitationdoesnotresult

inobservationoftheresourceascited.





IncollaborationwithCrossRef,DataCitehascreatedaDOICitationFormatterServiceavailableat

http://crosscite.org/citeproc/

.Theusercanchoosefrommorethan500differentcitationformatsin45

differentlanguages.



DataCiteMetadataSchemeV3.1

8



2.3 DataCiteProperties

Table3providesadetaileddescriptionofthemandatoryproperties,togetherwiththeirsub‐

properties,whichmustbesuppliedwithanyinitialmetadatasubmissiontothemanagingagentfor

DataCite.Ifoneoftherequired propertiesisunavailable,pleaseuseoneofthestandard(machine‐

recognizable)codeslistedinAppendix3,Table11

.InTable4,theRecommendedandOption al

propertiesaredescribedindetail.ForanexampleofhowtomakeasubmissioninXMLformat,

pleaseseetheXMLExam

plesprovidedontheDataCiteMetadataSchemaRepository

website.

Throughoutthisdocument,anamingconventionhasbeenusedforallproperties andsub‐properties

asfollows:propertiesbeginwithacapitalletter,wh ereas sub‐propertiesbeginwithalowercase

letter.Ifthenameisacompoundofmorethanoneword,subsequentwordsbeginwithcapital

letters.

AswithTables1

and2,Tables3and4useshadingtoidentifythecombinedMandatoryand

Recommended“superset”ofpropertiesandsub‐propertiesthatenhancetheprospectthatthe

resource’smetadatawillbefound,citedandlinked.

Thethirdcolumn,Occurrence(Occ),indicatescardinality/quantityconstraintsfortheproper tiesas

follows:

0‐n=optionalandrepeatable

0‐1=optional,butnotrepeatable

1‐n=requir

edandrepeatable

1=required,butnotrepeatable



NOTE:

XMLprovidesanxml:langattribute

thatcanbeused ontheprope r tiesTitle,Subjectand

Description.Thisprovidesawaytodescribethelanguageusedforthecontentofthespecified

properties.TheschemaprovidesaLanguagepropertytobeusedtodescribethelanguag eofthe

resource.





http://schema.datacite.org/

AllowedvaluesIETFBCP47,ISO639‐1languagecodes,e.g.en,de,fr



DataCiteMetadataSchemeV3.1

9



Table3:ExpandedDataCiteMandatoryProperties

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,other

constraints

1

Identifier 1 TheIdentifierisaunique

stringthatidentifiesa

resource.

DOI(DigitalObjectIdentifier)

registeredbyaDataCitemember.

Formatshouldbe“10.1234/foo”

1.1

identifierType 1 ThetypeoftheIdentifier. ControlledListValue:

DOI

2

Creator 1‐n Themainresearchersinvolved

inproducingthedata,orthe

authorsofthepublication,in

priorityorder.

Maybeacorporate/institutional

orpersonalname.Note:DataCite

infrastructuresupportsupto

between8000‐10000names.For

namelistsabovethatsize,

considerattributionvialinkingto

therelatedmetadata.

2.1

creatorName 1 Thenameofthecreator. Examples:Smith,John;Miller,

Elizabeth

Thepersonalnameformatshould

be:family,given.Non‐roman

namesmaybetransliterated

accordingtotheALA‐LC

schemes

.

2.2

nameIdentifier 0‐1 Uniquelyidentifiesan

individualorlegalentity,

accordingtovariousschemes.

Theformatisdependentupon

scheme.

2.2.1

nameIdentifierScheme 1 Thenameofthename

identifierscheme.

IfnameIdentifierisused,

nameIdentifierSchemeis

mandatory.

Examples:ORCID

,ISNI

,

2.2.2

schemeURI 0‐1 TheURIofthenameidentifier

scheme.

Examples:

http://www.isni.org



http://orcid.org



2.3

affiliation 0‐n Theorganizationalor

institutionalaffiliationofthe

creator.

Freetext.

3

Title 1‐n Anameortitlebywhicha

resourceisknown.

Freetext.





http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

http://orcid.org/

http://www.isni.org/



DataCiteMetadataSchemeV3.1

10



ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,other

constraints

3.1

titleType 0‐1 ThetypeofTitle. ControlledListValues:

AlternativeTitle

Subtitle

TranslatedTitle

4

Publisher 1 Thenameoftheentitythat

holds,archives,publishes

prints,distributes,releases,

issues,orproducesthe

resource.Thispropertywillbe

usedtoformulatethecitation,

soconsidertheprominenceof

therole.

Examples:WorldDataCenterfor

Climate(WDCC);

GeoForschungsZentrumPotsdam

(GFZ);GeologicalInstitute,

UniversityofTokyo

5

PublicationYear 1 Theyearwhenthedatawas

orwillbemadepublicly

available.

YYYY

***

Ifanembargoperiodhasbeenin

effect,usethedatewhenthe

embargoperiodends.

Inthecaseofdatasets,"publish"

isunderstoodtomeanmakingthe

dataavailableonaspecificdateto

thecommunityofresearchers.

Ifthereisnostandardpublication

yearvalue,usethedatethat

wouldbepreferredfromacitation

perspective.

PublicationYear—Additionalguidance

PublicationYear:theyearwhenthedatawasorwillbemadepubliclyavailable.Inthecaseof

datasets,"publish"isunderstoodtomeanmakingthedataavaila ble onaspecificdatetothe

communityofresearchers.

 Ifthatdatecannotbedetermined,usethedateofregistration.

 Ifanembargoperiodhasbeenineffect,usethedatewhentheembargoperiodends.

 Ifthereisnostandardpublicationyearvalue,usethedatethatwouldbepreferredfroma

citationperspective.

Inthecaseofadigitizedversionofaphysicalobject

IftheDOIisbeingusedtoidentifyadigitisedversionofanoriginalitem,therecommendedapproach

istosupplythePubli

cationYearforthedigitalversionandnottheoriginalobject.

TheTitlefieldmaybeusedtoconveytheapproximateorknowndateoftheoriginalobject.Other

metadatapropertiesavailableforadditionaldateinformationabouttheobjectinclude:Subjectand

Description.However,onlyTitlewillbepartofthecit

ation.



DataCiteMetadataSchemeV3.1

11



IftheDOIisbeingusedtoidentifytheoriginalobjectandthepublicationdateofthisisunknownor

notstandardthenwerecommendthefollowing:

 Usethedatethatwouldbepreferredfromacitationperspective.

Guidanceforhandlingmissingma ndatorypropertyvalues



Ifthecompletionofanyofthemandatorypropertiespresentsadifficulty,useofstandardmachine‐

recognizablecodesisstronglyadvised.AsetofthecodesisprovidedinAppendix3,Table11

.

However,werecommendthatyouconsidertheresultingeffectonthecitationcreatedfromthe

metadataprovided.



Table4:ExpandedDataCiteRecommendedandOptionalProperties

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

6

Subject 0‐n Subject,keyword,classification

code,orkeyphrasedescribingthe

resource.

Freetext.

6.1

subjectScheme 0‐1 Thenameofthesubjectschemeor

classificationcodeorauthorityif

oneisused.

Freetext.

6.2

schemeURI 0‐1 TheURIofthesubjectidentifier

scheme.

Examples:

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/s

ubjects

http://dewey.info/

7

Contributor 0‐n Theinstitutionorperson

responsibleforcollecting,

managing,distributing,or

otherwisecontributingtothe

developmentoftheresource.

Note:DataCiteinfrastructure

supportsuptobetween8000‐

10000names.Fornamelists

abovethatsize,consider

attributionvialinkingtothe

relatedmetadata.



DataCiteMetadataSchemeV3.1

12



ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

7.1



contributorType 1 Thetypeofcontributorofthe

resource.

IfContributorisused,then

contributorTypeismandatory.

ControlledListValues:

ContactPerson

DataCollector

DataCurator

DataManager

Distributor

Editor

Funder

HostingInstitution

Producer

ProjectLeader

ProjectManager

ProjectMember

RegistrationAgency

RegistrationAuthority

RelatedPerson

Researcher

ResearchGroup

RightsHolder

Sponsor

Supervisor

WorkPackageLeader

Other



Seeappendixfordefinitions.

7.2

contributorName 1 Thenameofthecontributor.

IfContributorisused,then

contributorNameis

mandatory.

Examples:Patel,Emily;Doe,

John

Thepersonalnameformat

maybe:family,given.Non‐

romannamesshouldbe

transliteratedaccordingtothe

ALA‐LCschemes

.

7.3

nameIdentifier 0‐1 Uniquelyidentifiesanindividualor

legalentity,accordingtovarious

schemes.

Theformatisdependentupon

scheme.

7.3.1

nameIdentifierScheme 1 Thenameofthenameidentifier

scheme.

IfnameIdentifierisused,

nameIdentifierSchemeis

mandatory.

Examples:ORCID

,ISNI

,

FundRef





http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

http://orcid.org/

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otherconstraints

7.3.2

schemeURI 0‐1 TheURIofthenameidentifier

scheme.

Examples:

http://www.isni.org



http://orcid.org



http://www.crossref.org/fund

ref/

7.4

affiliation 0‐n Theorganizationalorinstitutional

affiliationofthecontributor.

Freetext.

8

Date 0‐n Differentdatesrelevanttothe

work.

YYYY,YYYY‐MM‐DD,YYYY‐

MM‐DDThh:mm:ssTZDorany

otherformatorlevelof

granularitydescribedin

W3CDTF.

UseRKMS‐

ISO8601

standardfor

depictingdateranges.

Example:2004‐03‐02/2005‐

06‐02

8.1

dateType 1 Thetypeofdate. IfDateisused,dateTypeis

mandatory.

ControlledListValues:

Accepted

Available

Copyrighted

Collected

Created

Issued

Submitted

Updated

Valid



Seeappendixfordefinitions

andrecommendations.



http://www.isni.org/

http://www.crossref.org/fundref/

http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE‐datetime

Thestandardisdocumentedhere:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection‐RKMS‐ISO8601/

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otherconstraints

9

Language 0‐1 Theprimarylanguageofthe

resource.

Allowedvaluesaretakenfrom

IETFBCP47,ISO639‐1

languagecodes.

Examples:en,de,fr

10

ResourceType 0‐1 Adescriptionoftheresource. Theformatisopen,butthe

preferredformatisasingle

termofsomedetailsothata

paircanbeformedwiththe

sub‐property.

Textformatscanbefree‐text

ORtermsfromtheCASRAI

Publicationsresourcetype

list.



***

Examples:

Dataset/CensusData,where

'Dataset'is

resourceTypeGeneralvalue

and'CensusData'is

ResourceTypevalue.

Text/ConferenceAbstract,

where'Text'is

ResourceTypeGeneralvalue

and'ConferenceAbstract'is

resourceTypevaluealigned

withCASRAIPublications

term.



http://dictionary.casrai.org/research‐personnel‐profile/contributions/outputs/publications

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otherconstraints

10.1

resourceTypeGeneral 1 Thegeneraltypeofaresource. IfResourceTypeisused,

resourceTypeGeneralis

mandatory.

ControlledListValues:

Audiovisual

Collection

Dataset

Event

Image

InteractiveResource

Model

PhysicalObject

Service

Software

Sound

Text



Workflow

Other



Seeappendixfordefinitions

andexamples.

11

AlternateIdentifier 0‐n Anidentifieroridentifiersother

thantheprimaryIdentifierapplied

totheresourcebeingregistered.

Thismaybeanyalphanumeric

stringwhichisuniquewithinits

domainofissue.Maybeusedfor

localidentifiers.AlternateIdentifier

shouldbeusedforanother

identifierofthesameinstance

(samelocation,samefile).

Freetext.

***



Example:

E‐GEOD‐34814

11.1

alternateIdentifierType



1 ThetypeoftheAlternateIdentifier. Freetext.

***

IfAlternateIdentifierisused,

alternateIdentifierTypeis

mandatory.Fortheabove

example,the

alternateIdentifierTypewould

be“Alocalaccessionnumber”

12



RelatedIdentifier



0‐n Identifiersofrelatedresources.

Thesemustbegloballyunique

identifiers.

Freetext.

***

Usethispropertytoindicate

subsetsofproperties,as

appropriate.



Combine“Text”withfree‐textortermsfromtheCASRAIPublicationsresourcetypelistfoundhere:

http://dictionary.casrai.org/research‐perso

nnel‐profile/contributions/outputs/publications

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

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

12.1

relatedIdentifierType

1

ThetypeoftheRelatedIdentifier IfRelatedIdentifierisused,

relatedIdentifierTypeis

mandatory.

ControlledListValues:

ARK

arXiv

bibcode

DOI

EAN13

EISSN

Handle

ISBN

ISSN

ISTC

LISSN

LSID

PMID

PURL

UPC

URL

URN



Seeappendixforfullnames

andexamples.

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

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

12.2



relationType



1 Descriptionoftherelationshipof

theresourcebeingregistered(A)

andtherelatedresource(B).

IfRelatedIdentifierisused,

relationTypeismandatory.

ControlledListValues:

IsCitedBy

Cites

IsSupplementTo

IsSupplementedBy

IsContinuedBy

Continues

HasMetadata

IsMetadataFor

IsNewVersionOf

IsPreviousVersionOf

IsPartOf

HasPart

IsReferencedBy

References

IsDocumentedBy

Documents

IsCompiledBy

Compiles

IsVariantFormOf

IsOriginalFormOf

IsIdenticalTo

IsReviewedBy

Reviews

IsDerivedFrom

IsSourceOf



Seeappendixfordefinitions,

examplesandusagenotes.

12.3 relatedMetadataScheme

0‐1

Thenameofthescheme. Useonlywiththisrelation

pair:

(HasMetadata/

IsMetadataFor)

12.4 schemeURI

0‐1

TheURIofthe

relatedMetadataScheme.

Useonlywiththisrelation

pair:

(HasMetadata/

IsMetadataFor)

12.5 schemeType 0‐1 Thetypeofthe

relatedMetadataScheme,linked

withtheschemeURI.

Useonlywiththisrelation

pair:

(HasMetadata/

IsMetadataFor)

Examples:XSD,DDT,Turtle

13 Size 0‐n Unstructuredsizeinformation

abouttheresource.

Freetext.

***

Examples:"15pages","6MB"

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

ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

14 Format 0‐n Technicalformatoftheresource. Freetext.

***

UsefileextensionorMIME

typewherepossible,e.g.,

PDF,XML,MPGor

application/pdf,text/xml,

video/mpeg.

15



Version



0‐1 Theversionnumberofthe

resource.

Suggestedpractice:track

major_version.minor_version.

majorversionchange.

Individualstewardsneedto

determinewhicharemajorvs.

minorversions

.

Maybeusedinconjunction

withproperties11and12

(AlternateIdentifierand

RelatedIdentifier)toindicate

variousinformationupdates.

Maybeusedinconjunction

withproperty17(Description)

toindicatethenatureand

file/recordrangeofversion.

16



Rights 0‐n Anyrightsinformationforthis

resource.

Freetext.

***

Providearightsmanagement

statementfortheresourceor

referenceaserviceproviding

suchinformation.Include

embargoinformationif

applicable.

Usethecompletetitleofa

licenseandincludeversion

informationifapplicable.

Example:

CreativeCommons

Attribution3.0Germany

License

16.1 rightsURI 0‐1 TheURIofthelicense. Example:

http://creativecommons.org/l

icenses/by/3.0/de/deed.en



BasedontheworkoftheEarthScienceInformationPartners(ESIP).Formoreguidance,see:

http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interagency_Data_Ste

wardship/Citations/provider_guidelines#Note_on_Ver

sioning_and_Locators 

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ID DataCite‐Property Occ Definition Allowedvalues,examples,

otherconstraints

17



Description 0‐n Alladditionalinformationthat

doesnotfitinanyoftheother

categories.Maybeusedfor

technicalinformation.

Theformatisopen

***

Itisabestpracticetosupplya

description.

17.1 descriptionType 1 ThetypeoftheDescription. IfDescriptionisused,

descriptionTypeismandatory.



ControlledListValues:

Abstract

Methods

SeriesInformation

TableOfContents

Other



Seeappendixfordefinitions.

18 GeoLocation 0‐n Spatialregionornamedplace

wherethedatawasgatheredor

aboutwhichthedataisfocused.

Repeatthispropertyto

indicateseveraldifferent

locations.

18.1 geoLocationPoint 0‐1 Apointlocationinspace



Apointcontainsasingle

latitude‐longitudepair,

separatedbywhitespace.

Detailedusageinstructions

21

Example:

<geoLocationPoint>

31.233‐67.302

</geoLocationPoint>

18.2 geoLocationBox 0‐1 Thespatiallimitsofaplace. Aboxcontainstwowhite

spaceseparatedlatitude‐

longitudepairs,witheachpair

separatedbywhitespace. The

firstpairisthelowercorner

(normallysouthwest),the

secondistheuppercorner

(normallynortheast).

Detailedusageinstructions



Example:

<geoLocationBox>

41.090‐71.03242.893‐68.211

</geoLocationBox>



UseWGS84(WorldGeodeticSystem)coordinates.Useonlydecimalnumbersforcoordinates.Longitudes

are‐180to180(0isGreenwich,negativenumbersarewest,positivenumbersareeast),Latitudesare‐90to90

(0istheequator;negativenumbersaresouth,positivenumbersnorth).

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otherconstraints

18.3 geoLocationPlace 0‐1 Descriptionofageographic

location

Freetext.Usetodescribea

geographiclocation.



3 XMLExample

Examplesforvariousresourcetypesandspecial casescanbefoundat

http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel‐3/index.html

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4 XMLSchema

TheXMLSchemaisavailablehere:

http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel‐3/metada

ta.xsd

doi:10.5438/0011

Notethattheschemaandthisdocumentation willalwayshavethesameversionnumber.

Eachsubsequentversionoftheschemawill beatthissamelocationusinganaddresscomposedin

thesamemanner,thatis:http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel‐versionnumber/metadata.xsd

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Earlierversionswillcontinuetobeavailableattheirpreviouslocationsforbackwardcompatibility.

5 OtherDataCiteServices

ForinformationaboutotherDataCiteservicesthatpertaintoDataCitemetadatarecords,including

theMetadataStore,MetadataSearchandContentNegotiation,pleaseseeDataCite’sServicepageat

http://www.datacite.org/services

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Appendices

Appendix1:ControlledListDefinitions

InAppendix1,asinSections2.1and2.3above,controlledlistvaluesthatenhancetheprospectthat

theresource’smetadatawillbefound,citedandlinkedareindicatedbyshading.

contributorType

Table5:DescriptionofcontributorType

Option Description UsageNotes

ContactPerson Personwithknowledgeofhowto

access,troubleshoot,orotherwise

fieldissuesrelatedtotheresource

Mayalsobe“PointofContact”in

organizationthatcontrolsaccess

totheresource,ifthat

organizationisdifferentfrom

Publisher,Distributor,Data

Manager

DataCollector Person/institutionresponsiblefor

finding,gathering/collectingdata

undertheguidelinesofthe

author(s)orPrincipalInvestigator

(PI)

Mayalsousewhencrediting

surveyconductors,interviewers,

eventorconditionobservers,

personresponsibleformonitoring

keyinstrumentdata.

DataCurator Persontaskedwithreviewing,

enhancing,cleaning,or

standardizingmetadataandthe

associateddatasubmittedfor

storage,use,andmaintenance

withinadatacenterorrepository

Whilethe“DataManager”is

concernedwithdigital

maintenance,theDataCurator’s

roleencompassesquality

assurancefocusedoncontentand

metadata.Thisincludeschecking

whetherthesubmitteddat

asetis

complete,withallfilesand

componentsasdescribedby

submitter,whetherthemetadata

isstandardizedtoappropriate

systemsandschema,whether

specializedmetadataisneededto

addvalueandensureaccessacross

disciplines,anddetermininghow

themetadatamightmaptosearch

engines,databaseproducts,and

automatedfeeds.

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Option Description UsageNotes

DataManager Person(ororganizationwithastaff

ofdatamanagers,suchasadata

centre)responsibleformaintaining

thefinishedresource.

Theworkdonebythispersonor

organizationensuresthatthe

resourceisperiodically“refreshed”

intermsofsoftware/hardware

support,iskeptavailableoris

protectedfromunauthorized

access,isstoredinac

cordance

withindustrystandards,andis

handledinaccordancewiththe

recordsmanagement

requirementsapplicabletoit.

Distributor Institutiontaskedwith

responsibilityto

generate/disseminatecopiesofthe

resourceineitherelectronicor

printform.

Worksstoredinmorethanone

archive/repositorymaycrediteach

asadistributor.

Editor Apersonwhooverseesthedetails

relatedtothepublicationformat

oftheresource.

Note:iftheEditoristobecredited

inplaceofmultiplecreators,the

Editor’snamemaybesuppliedas

Creator,with“(Ed.)”appendedto

thename.

Funder Institutionthatprovidedfinancial

supportforthedevelopmentof

theresource.

Recommendedfordiscovery.

Includesorganizationsthatprovide

fundingviaregularbudget

allocations,throughgrantsor

awards

HostingInstitution Typically,theorganizationallowing

theresourcetobeavailableonthe

internetthroughtheprovisionof

itshardware/software/operating

support.

Mayalsobeusedforan

organizationthatstoresthedata

offline.Oftenadatacentre(ifthat

datacentreisnotthe“publisher”

oftheresource.)

Producer Typicallyapersonororganization

responsiblefortheartistryand

formofamediaproduct.

Inthedataindustry,thismaybea

company“producing”DVDsthat

packagedataforfuture

disseminationbyadistributor.

ProjectLeader Personofficiallydesignatedas

headofprojectteamorsub‐

projectteaminstrumentalinthe

worknecessarytodevelopmentof

theresource.

TheProjectLeaderisnot

“removed”fromtheworkthat

resultedintheresource;heorshe

remainsintimatelyinvolved

throughoutthelifeofthe

particularprojectteam.

ProjectManager Personofficiallydesignatedas

managerofaproject.Projectmay

consistofoneormanyproject

teamsandsub‐teams.

Themanagerofaprojectnormally

hasmoreadministrative

responsibilitythanactualwork

involvement.

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Option Description UsageNotes

ProjectMember Persononthemembershiplistofa

designatedproject/projectteam.

Thisvocabularymayormaynot

indicatethequality,quantity,or

substanceoftheperson’s

involvement.

RegistrationAgency Institution/organizationofficially

appointedbyaRegistration

Authoritytohandlespecifictasks

withinadefinedareaof

responsibility.

DataCiteisaRegistrationAgency

fortheInternationalDOI

Foundation(IDF).OneofDataCite’s

tasksistoassignDOIprefixesto

theallocatingagentswhothen

assignthefull,specificcharacter

stringtodat

aclients,provide

metadatabacktotheDataCite

registry,etc.

RegistrationAuthority Astandards‐settingbodyfrom

whichRegistrationAgenciesobtain

officialrecognitionandguidance.

TheIDFservesastheRegistration

AuthorityfortheInternational

StandardsOrganization(ISO)inthe

area/domainofDigitalObject

Identifiers.

RelatedPerson Apersonwithoutaspecifically

definedroleinthedevelopmentof

theresource,butwhoissomeone

theauthorwishestorecognize.

Thispersoncouldbeanauthor’s

intellectualmentor,aperson

providingintellectualleadershipin

thedisciplineorsubjectdomain,

etc.

Researcher Apersoninvolvedinanalyzingdata

ortheresultsofanexperimentor

formalstudy.Mayindicatean

internorassistanttooneofthe

authorswhohelpedwithresearch

butwhowasnotso“key”astobe

listedasanauthor.

Shouldbeaperson,notan

institution.No

tethataperson

involvedinthegatheringofdata

wouldfallunderthe

contributorType

“DataCollector.”Theresearcher

mayfindadditionaldataonlineand

correlateittothedatacollected

fortheexperimentorstudy,for

example.

ResearchGroup Typicallyreferstoagroupof

individualswithalab,department,

ordivision;thegrouphasa

particular,definedfocusofactivity.

Mayoperateatanarrowerlevelof

scope;mayormaynotholdless

administrativeresponsibilitythana

projectteam.

RightsHolder Personorinstitutionowningor

managingpropertyrights,

includingintellectualproperty

rightsovertheresource.



Sponsor Personororganizationthatissued

acontractorundertheauspicesof

whichaworkhasbeenwritten,

printed,published,developed,etc.

Includesorganizationsthatprovide

in‐kindsupport,throughdonation,

provisionofpeopleorafacilityor

instrumentationnecessaryforthe

developmentoftheresource,etc.

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Option Description UsageNotes

Supervisor Designatedadministratoroverone

ormoregroups/teamsworkingto

producearesourceoroveroneor

morestepsofadevelopment

process.



WorkPackageLeader AWorkPackageisarecognized

dataproduct,notallofwhichis

includedinpublication.The

package,instead,mayinclude

notes,discardeddocuments,etc.

TheWorkPackageLeaderis

responsibleforensuringthe

comprehensivecontents,

versioning,andavailabilityofthe

WorkPackageduringthe

developmentoftheresource.



Other Anypersonorinstitutionmakinga

significantcontributiontothe

developmentand/ormaintenance

oftheresource,butwhose

contributiondoesnot“fit”other

controlledvocabularyfor

contributorType.

Couldbeaphotographer,artist,or

writerwhosecontributionhelped

topublicizetheresource(as

opposedtocreatingit),areviewer

oftheresource,someone

providingadmi

nistrativeservices

totheauthor(suchasdepositing

updatesintoanonlinerepository,

analysingusage,etc.),oroneof

manyotherroles.

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dateType



NOTE:Toindicateadaterange,followtheRKMS‐ISO8601standardfordepictingdateranges.

Forexample:

<datedateType="created">2012‐03‐01/2012‐03‐05</date>



Table6:DescriptionofdateType

Option Description UsageNotes

Accepted Thedatethatthepublisheracceptedthe

resourceintotheirsystem.

Toindicatethestartofanembargo

period,useSubmittedorAccepted,

asappropriate.

Available Thedatetheresourceismadepublicly

available.Maybearange.

Toindicatetheendofanembargo

period,useAvailable.

Copyrighted Thespecific,documenteddateatwhichthe

resourcereceivesacopyrightedstatus,if

applicable.



Collected Thedateordaterangeinwhichtheresource

contentwascollected.

Toindicatepreciseorparticular

timeframesinwhichresearchwas

conducted.

Created Thedatetheresourceitselfwasput

together;thiscouldbeadaterangeora

singledateforafinalcomponent,e.g.,the

finalisedfilewithallofthedata.

Recommendedfordiscovery.

Issued Thedatethattheresourceispublishedor

distributede.g.toadatacenter



Submitted Thedatethecreatorsubmitstheresourceto

thepublisher.Thiscouldbedifferentfrom

Acceptedifthepublisherthenappliesa

selectionprocess.

Recommendedfordiscovery.



Toindicatethestartofanembargo

period,useSubmittedorAccepted,

asappropriate.



Updated Thedateofthelastupdatetotheresource,

whentheresourceisbeingaddedto.Maybe

arange.



Valid Thedateordaterangeduringwhichthe

datasetorresourceisaccurate.

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resourceTypeGeneral

Table7:DescriptionofresourceTypeGeneral

Option Description

 ExamplesandUsageNotes SuggestedDublin

CoreMapping

Audiovisual Aseriesofvisual

representations

impartinganimpression

ofmotionwhenshown

insuccession.Mayor

maynotincludesound.

Maybeusedforfilms,video,etc,

Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.7916/D

8610XCB

MovingImage

Collection Anaggregationof

resourcesofvarious

types.Ifacollection

existsofasingletype,

usethesingletypeto

describeit.

Acollectionofsamples,orvarious

filesmakingupareport.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.5284/1

001038

Collection

Dataset Dataencodedina

definedstructure.

Datafileorfiles,Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.4231/D

39Z90B9T

Dataset

Event Anon‐persistent,time‐

basedoccurrence.

Descriptiveinformationand/or

contentthatisthebasisfor

discoveryofthepurpose,location,

duration,andresponsibleagents

associatedwithaneventsuchasa

webcastorconvention.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/1

0.7269/P

3RN35SZ

Event

Image Avisualrepresentation

otherthantext.

Digitizedorborndigitalimages,

drawingsorphotographs.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.6083/M

4QN65C5

Image,StillImage

InteractiveResource Aresourcerequiring

interactionfromthe

usertobeunderstood,

executed,or

experienced

Trainingmodules,filesthatrequire

useofaviewer(e.g.,Flash),or

query/responseportals.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/1

0.7269/P

3TB14TR

InteractiveResource



WherethereisdirectcorrespondencewiththeDublinCoreMetadata,DataCitedefinitionshaveborrowed

liberallyfromtheDCMIdefinitions.See:http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi‐terms/index.shtml

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Option Description

 ExamplesandUsageNotes SuggestedDublin

CoreMapping

Model Anabstract,conceptual,

graphical,mathematical

orvisualizationmodel

thatrepresents

empiricalobjects,

phenomena,orphysical

processes.

Modelleddescriptionsof,for

example,differentaspectsof

languagesoramolecularbiology

reactionchain.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.5285/4

D866CD2‐C907‐4CE2‐B070‐

084CA9779DC2

N/A

PhysicalObject Aninanimate,three‐

dimensionalobjector

substance.

Artifacts,specimens.

Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.7299/X

78052RB

PhysicalObject

Service Asystemthatprovides

oneormorefunctionsof

valuetotheend‐user.

Datamanagementservice,

authenticationservice,or

photocopyingservice.

Service

Software Acomputerprogramin

sourcecode(text)or

compiledform.

Softwaresupportingresearch.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.7938/M

1057CV9

Software

Sound Aresourceprimarily

intendedtobeheard.

Audiorecording.Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/1

0.7282/T

3J67F05

Sound

Text Aresourceconsisting

primarilyofwordsfor

reading.

Greyliterature,labnotes,

accompanyingmaterials.

Ex:

http://data.datacite.org/10.5682/9

786065914018

Text

Workflow Astructuredseriesof

stepswhichcanbe

executedtoproducea

finaloutcome,allowing

usersameanstospecify

andenacttheirworkina

morereproducible

manner.

Computationalworkflowsinvolving

sequentialoperationsmadeon

databywrappedsoftwareandmay

bespecifiedinaformatbelonging

toaworkflowmanagementsystem,

suchasTaverna

(http://www.taverna.org.uk/).

More.



N/A

Other Ifselected,supplya

valueforResourceType.





AneducationmoduleonworkflowspreparedbyDataONEisavailableat

http://www.dataone.org/sites/all/documents/

L10_AnalysisWorkflows.pptx

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relatedIdentifierType

Table8:DescriptionofrelatedIdentifierType

Option FullName Example

ARK ArchivalResourceKey;URL

designedtosupportlong‐term

accesstoinformationobjects.In

general,ARKsyntaxisofthe

form(bracketsindicate

[optional]elements:

[http://NMA/]ark:/NAAN/Name

[Qualifier]

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="ARK"

relationType="IsCitedBy">ark:/13030/tqb3kh97gh8w

</relatedIdentifier>



arXiv arXividentifier;arXiv.orgisa

repositoryofpreprintsof

scientificpapersinthefieldsof

mathematics,physics,

astronomy,computerscience,

quantitativebiology,statistics,

andquantitativefinance.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType=”arXiv”

relationType=”IsCitedBy”>arXiv:0706.0001

</relatedIdentifier>

bibcode AstrophysicsDataSystem

bibliographiccodes;a

standardized19character

identifieraccordingtothe

syntaxyyyyjjjjjvvvvmppppa.See

http://info‐

uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?ver

b=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=r

eg&identifier=info:bibcode/

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="bibcode"

relationType="IsCitedBy">

2014Wthr…69…72C

</relatedIdentifier>

Note:bibcodescanberesolvedvia

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/bibcode



DOI DigitalObjectIdentifier;a

characterstringusedto

uniquelyidentifyanobject.A

DOInameisdividedintotwo

parts,aprefixandasuffix,

separatedbyaslash.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType=”IsSupplementTo”>

10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.037

</relatedIdentifier>

EAN13 EuropeanArticleNumber,now

renamedInternationalArticle

Number,butretainingthe

originalacronym,isa13‐digit

barcodingstandardwhichisa

supersetoftheoriginal12‐digit

UniversalProductCode(UPC)

system.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="EAN13”

relationType=”Cites”>9783468111242

</relatedIdentifier>



EISSN ElectronicInternational

StandardSerialNumber;ISSN

usedtoidentifyperiodicalsin

electronicform(eISSNore‐

ISSN).

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="eISSN”

relationType=”Cites”>1562‐6865

</relatedIdenfifier>

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Option FullName Example

Handle Ahandleisanabstract

referencetoaresource.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="Handle"

relationType="References">10013/epic.10033

</relatedIdentifier>

ISBN InternationalStandardBook

Number;auniquenumericbook

identifier.Thereare2formats:a

10‐digitISBNformatanda13‐

digitISBN.

<relatedIdentifier><relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="ISBN"

relationType="IsPartOf">978‐3‐905673‐82‐1

</relatedIdentifier>



ISSN InternationalStandardSerial

Number;aunique8‐digit

numberusedtoidentifyaprint

orelectronicperiodical

publication.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="ISSN"

relationType="IsPartOf">0077‐5606

</relatedIdentifier>



ISTC InternationalStandardText

Code;aunique“number”

assignedtoatextualwork.An

ISTCconsistsof16numbers

and/orletters.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="ISTC”

relationType=”Cites”>0A9200212B4A1057

</relatedIdentifier>

LISSN ThelinkingISSNorISSN‐L

enablescollocationorlinking

amongdifferentmediaversions

ofacontinuingresource.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="LISSN”

relationType=”Cites”>1188‐1534

</relatedIdentifier>

LSID LifeScienceIdentifiers;aunique

identifierfordataintheLife

Sciencedomain.Format:

urn:lsid:authority:namespace:id

entifier:revision

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="LSID”

relationType=”Cites”>

urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:11815</relatedIdentifier>

PMID PubMedidentifier;aunique

numberassignedtoeach

PubMedrecord.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="PMID”

relationType=”IsReferencedBy”>12082125</relatedId

entifier>

PURL

PersistentUniformResource

Locator. APURLhasthree

parts:(1)aprotocol,(2)a

resolveraddress,and(3)a

name.



<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="PURL”

relationType=”Cites”>

http://purl.oclc.org/foo/bar</relatedIdentifier>

UPC UniversalProductCodeisa

barcodesymbologyusedfor

trackingtradeitemsinstores.Its

mostcommonform,theUPC‐A,

consistsof12numericaldigits.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="UPC”

relationType=”Cites”>

123456789999</relatedIdentifier>

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Option FullName Example

URL UniformResourceLocator,also

knownaswebaddress,isa

specificcharacterstringthat

constitutesareferencetoa

resource.Thesyntaxis:

scheme://domain:port/path?qu

ery_string#fragment_id

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="URL”

relationType=”IsCitedBy”>http://www.heatflow.und.edu/

index2.html</relatedIdentifier>

URN UniformResourceName;isa

uniqueandpersistentidentifier

ofanelectronicdocument.The

syntaxis:urn:<NID>:<NSS>

Theleadingurn:sequenceis

case‐insensitive,<NID>isthe

namespaceidentifier,<NSS>is

thenamespace‐specificstring.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType=”IsSupplementTo”>urn:nbn:de:101:1‐

201102033592</relatedIdentifier>

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

relationType

Descriptionoftherelationshipoftheresourcebeingregistered(A)andtherelatedresource(B).



Table9:DescriptionofrelationType

Option Definition ExampleandUsageNotes

IsCitedBy indicatesthat

BincludesA

inacitation

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier

relatedIdentifierType="DOI"relationType="IsCitedBy">1

0.4232/10.ASEAS‐5.2‐1

</relatedIdentifier>

Cites indicatesthat

AincludesB

inacitation

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISBN”

relationType="Cites“>0761964312

</relatedIdentifier>

IsSupplementTo indicatesthat

Aisa

supplement

toB

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType="IsSupplementTo">urn:nbn:de:0168‐ssoar‐13172

</relatedIdentifier>

IsSupplementedBy indicatesthat

Bisa

supplement

toA

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="PMID"

relationType="IsSupplementedBy">16911322/

</relatedIdentifier>

IsContinuedBy indicatesAis

continuedby

theworkB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType="IsContinuedBy">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21‐opus‐4967

</relatedIdentifier>

Continues indicatesAis

a

continuation

oftheworkB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType="Continues">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21‐opus‐4966

</relatedIdentifier>

HasMetadata

indicates

resourceA

has

additional

metadataB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="HasMetadata"

relatedMetadataScheme="DDI‐L"

schemeURI="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI‐

Lifecycle/3.1/XMLSchema/instance.xsd">10.1234/567890</related

Identifier>

IsMetadataFor

indicates

additional

metadataA

fora

resourceB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsMetadataFor"relatedMetadataScheme="D

DI‐L"

schemeURI="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI‐

Lifecycle/3.1/XMLSchema/instance.xsd">10.1234/567891</related

Identifier>

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Option Definition ExampleandUsageNotes

IsNewVersionOf

indicatesAis

anewedition

ofB,where

thenew

editionhas

been

modifiedor

updated

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsNewVersionOf">10.5438/0005

</relatedIdentifier>

Useforaversionmakingpreviousversion(s)obsolete.

IsPreviousVersionOf

indicatesAis

aprevious

editionofB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsPreviousVersionOf">10.5438/0007

</relatedIdentifier>

IsPartOf

indicatesAis

aportionof

B;maybe

usedfor

elementsofa

series

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISBN"

relationType="IsPartOf">0‐486‐27557‐4

</relatedIdentifier>

HasPart

indicatesA

includesthe

partB

Recommendedfordiscovery.

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="HasPart">10.1234/7894

</relatedIdentifier>

IsReferencedBy

indicatesAis

usedasa

sourceof

information

byB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL"

relationType="IsReferencedBy">http://www.testpubl.de

</relatedIdentifier>

References

indicatesBis

usedasa

sourceof

information

forA

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType="References">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21‐opus‐

963</relatedIdentifier>

IsDocumentedBy

indicatesBis

documentation

about/

explainingA

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL"

relationType="IsDocumentedBy">http://tobias‐lib.uni‐

tuebingen.de/volltexte/2000/96/

</relatedIdentifier>

Documents

indicatesAis

documentation

about/B

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="Documents">10.1234/7836

</relatedIdentifier>

IsCompiledBy

indicatesBis

usedto

compileor

createA

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL"

relationType="isCompiledBy">http://d‐nb.info/gnd/4513749‐3

</relatedIdentifier>

Compiles

indicatesBis

theresultof

acompileor

creation

eventusingA

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN"

relationType="Compiles">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21‐opus‐963

</relatedIdentifier>

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Option Definition ExampleandUsageNotes

IsVariantFormOf

indicatesAis

avariantor

different

formofB,

e.g.

calculatedor

calibrated

formor

different

packaging

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsVariantFormOf">10.1234/8675

</relatedIdentifier>



Useforadifferentformofonething.

IsOriginalFormOf

indicatesAis

theoriginal

formofB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsOriginalFormOf">10.1234/9035

</relatedIdentifier>

IsIdenticalTo

indicatesthat

Aisidentical

toB,foruse

whenthereis

aneedto

separate

instancesof

thesame

resource

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL"

relationType="IsIdenticalTo">http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030

/c8r78fzq

</relatedIdentifier>



IsIdenticalToshouldbeusedforaresourcethatisthesameasthe

registeredresourcebutissavedonanotherlocation,maybeanother

institution.

IsReviewedBy

indicatesthat

Aisreviewed

byB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="IsReviewedBy">10.5256/F1000RESEARCH.4288.R

4745

</relatedIdentifier>

Reviews indicatesthat

Aisareview

ofB

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"

relationType="Reviews">10.12688/f1000research.4001.1

</relatedIdentifier>



IsDerivedFrom indicatesBis

asource

uponwhichA

isbased

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI"



relationType="IsDerivedFrom">10.6078/M7DZ067C

</relatedIdentifier>





IsDerivedFromshouldbeusedforaresourcethatisaderivativeofan

originalresource.



Inthisexample,thedatasetisderivedfromalargerdatasetanddata

valueshavebeenmanipulatedfromtheiroriginalstate.

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Option Definition ExampleandUsageNotes

IsSourceOf indicatesAis

asource

uponwhichB

isbased

<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL"



relationType="IsSourceOf">

http://opencontext.org/projects/81204AF8‐12

7C‐4686‐E9B0‐

1202C3A47959

</relatedIdentifier>



IsSourceOfistheoriginalresourcefromwhichaderivativeresource

wascreated.



Inthisexample,thisistheoriginaldatasetwithoutvaluemanipulation,

andthesourceofthederiveddataset.

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descriptionType

Table10:DescriptionofdescriptionType

Option Definition UsageNotes

Abstract Abriefdescriptionofthe

resourceandthecontextin

whichtheresourcewas

created.



Recommendedfordiscovery.



Use"<br>"toindicatealinebreakforimprovedrendering

ofmultipleparagraphs,butotherwisenohtmlmarkup.



Example:

http://data.datacite.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771774



Methods Themethodologyemployed

forthestudyorresearch.

Recommendedfordiscovery.



Forexample,seesection“Sampling,Processingand

QualityControlMethods”inthefollowingdatasetrecord:

https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#view/doi:10.5063/F1DZ0

67F

SeriesInformation Informationabouta

repeatingseries,suchas

volume,issue,number.

Forusewithgreyliterature.IfprovidinganISSN,use

property12(RelatedIdentifier),

relatedIdentifierType=ISSN.Fordatasetseries,use

property12(RelatedIdentifier)anddescribethe

relationshipswithisPartOforHasPart.



Example:

http://data.datacite.org/10.4229/23RDEUPVSEC2008‐

5CO.8.3

TableOfContents AlistingoftheTableof

Contents.



Use"<br>"toindicatealinebreakforimprovedrendering

ofmultipleparagraphs,butotherwisenohtmlmarkup.



Example:

http://data.datacite.org/10.5678/LCRS/FOR816.CIT.1031



Other Otherdescription

informationthatdoesnotfit

intoanexistingcategory.

Useforanyotherdescriptiontype.

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

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Appendix2:EarlierVersionUpdateNotes

Version3.0Update

Version3.0oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemaincludedthesechanges

:

 Correctionofaproblemwithourwayofdepictingdatesby

o implementingRKMS‐ISO8601

standardfordepictingdateranges,sothatarangeis

indicatedasfollows

:2004‐03‐02/2005‐06‐02

o deletingstartDateandendDatedatetypes,andderogatingthesefromearlier

versions

 AdditionofanewGeoLocation property,withthesub‐properties

geoLocationPoint,geoLocationBox,geoLocationPlacesupportingasimple

depictionofgeospatialinformation,aswellasafreetextdescription.

 Additionofnewvaluestocontrolledlists:

o contributorType:Res

earchGroupandOther

o dateType:Collected

o resourceTypeGeneral:Audiovisual,Workflow,andOtherandderogationof

Film

o relatedIdentifierType:PMID

o relationType:IsIdenticalTo(indicatesthatAisidenticaltoB,forusewhenthere

isaneedtoregistertwoseparateinstancesofthesameresource)

o relationType:HasMetadata,(in

dicatesresourceAhasaddi tionalmetadataBand

indicates),IsMetadataFor(indicatesadditionalmetadataAforresourceB)

o descriptionType:Methods

 DeletionofthederogatedresourceType:film

 newsub‐propertiesforrelationType:relatedMetadataScheme,schemeURIand

schemeType,tobeusedonlyforthenewrelationTypepairofHasMeta

data,

IsMetadataFor

 AdditionofschemeURI sub‐propertytothenameIdentifierSchemeassociatedwith

CreatorName,ContributorNameandSubject

 AdditionoftherightsURI sub‐propertytoRights;Rightsisnowrepeatable(within

wrapperelementrightsList).

 Implementationofthexml:langattribute

thatcanbeusedonthepropertiesTitle,

SubjectandDescription.

 Removaloftwosystem‐generatedadministrativemetadatafields:LastMetadataUpdate

andMetadataVersionNumberbecausebothvaluesaretrackedinanotherwaynow.

Version3.0oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemadocumentationincludedthesechanges:

 Updatestotheintroductoryinformation



Twoadditionalschemacodelevelchangesaretheallowanceofkeepingoptionalwrapperelementsempty

andtheallowanceofarbitraryorderingofelements(byremovalof<xs:sequence>).



Thestandardisdocumentedhere:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection‐RKMS‐ISO8601/

AllowedvaluesIETFBCP47,ISO639‐1languagecodes,e.g.en,de,fr

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 Provisionofgreaterdetail,explanatorymaterialanddefinitionsforcontrolledlists

 Indicationofrecommendedmetadata,inadditiontomandatoryandoptional

 AdditionofmoreandmorevariedXMLexamplesontheMetadataSchemawebsite

 Removalfromdocumentationofinformationaboutadministrativemetadata(whichcannot

beeditedbycontributors).



Version2.2Update

Version2.2oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemaintroducedseveralchanges,asnotedbelow:

 Additionof“URL”tolistofallowedvaluesforrelatedIdentifierType

 Additionofthefollowingvalues tolistofallowedvaluesforcontributorType:Producer,

Distributor,RelatedPerson,Supervisor,Sponsor,Funder,RightsHolder

 Additionof“SeriesInformation”tolistofallowedvaluesfordes

criptionType

 Additionof“Model”tolistofallowedvaluesforresourceTypeGeneral

Version2.2oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemadocumentationincludedthesechanges:

 Provisionofmoreexamplesofxmlfordifferent typesofresources

 ExplanationofthePublicationYearpropertyinconsiderationoftherequirementsof

citation

.AchangetothedefinitionofthePublisherproperty,whichnowreads,“Thenameof

theentitythatholds,archives,publishes,prints,distributes,releases,issues,orproducesthe

resource.Thispropertywillbeusedtoformulatethecitation,soconsidertheprominenceof

therole.”



Version2.1Update

Version2.1oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemaintroducedseveralchanges,asnotedbelow:

 Additionofanamespace(http://schema.datacite.org/namespace

)totheschemainorder

tosupportOAIPMHcompatibility

 Enforcementofcontentformandatoryproperties 

 NewtypefortheDatepropertytoconformwiththespecificatio nthatithandlesbothYYYY

andYYYY‐MM‐DDvalues

Version2.1oftheDataCiteMetadataSchemadocumentationincludedthesechanges:

 Additionofacolumntoth

eMandatoryandOptionalPropertiestablesprovidinganindicator

ofwhetherthepropertybeingdescribedisanattributeorachildofthecorresponding

propertythathasprecededit

 Revisionoftheallowedvaluesdescriptionfortheattribute12.2relationType.These

havebeenre

viewedandrewrittenforincreasedclarity.Inseveralcases,correctionstothe

definitionsoccurred.

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Appendix3:Additionalinformation



Table11:Standardvaluesforunknown information

Code Definition

(:unac)

temporarilyinaccessible

(:unal) unallowed,suppressedintentionally

(:unap) notapplicable,makesnosense

(:unas) valueunassigned(e.g.,Untitled)

(:unav) valueunavailable,possiblyunknown

(:unkn) knowntobeunknown(e.g.,Anonymous,Inconnue)

(:none)

neverhadavalue,neverwill

(:null) explicitlyandmeaningfullyempty

(:tba)

tobeassignedorannouncedlater

(:etal) toonumeroustolist(etalia)

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