DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data and Other Research Outputs

Note

DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2024). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data and Other Research Outputs. Version 4.6. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.14454/mzv1-5b55

Contributors from the DataCite Metadata Working Group:

• Matthias Liffers, Australian Research Data Commons (co-chair of working group)

• Wendy Robertson, University of Iowa (co-chair of working group)

• Jan Ashton, British Library

• Isabel Bernal, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

• Anusuriya Devaraju, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

• Kirsten Elger, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

• Vanessa Gabriel, University Library of the LMU Munich

• Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers

• Andrea Medina-Smith, National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)

• Joseph Padfield, The National Gallery

• Jessica Parland-von Essen, CSC - IT Center for Science

• Anne Raugh, University of Maryland

• Mike Shallcross, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

• Nicola Tarocco, CERN

• Hana Vyčítalová, National Library of Technology (Czech Republic)

• Alexander Whelan, New York University

• Kelly Stathis, DataCite

• Sara El-Gebali, DataCite

Contents

• Introduction
  • About DataCite
  • About the DataCite Metadata Schema
  • Version 4.6 Update
  • Citation
• DataCite Metadata Properties
  • Overview
  • 1. Identifier
  • 2. Creator
  • 3. Title
  • 4. Publisher
  • 5. PublicationYear
  • 6. Subject
  • 7. Contributor
  • 8. Date
  • 9. Language
  • 10. ResourceType
  • 11. AlternateIdentifier
  • 12. RelatedIdentifier
  • 13. Size
  • 14. Format
  • 15. Version
  • 16. Rights
  • 17. Description
  • 18. GeoLocation
  • 19. FundingReference
  • 20. RelatedItem
• Appendices
  • Appendix 1: Controlled List Definitions
    • contributorType
    • dateType
    • resourceTypeGeneral
    • relatedIdentifierType
    • relationType
    • descriptionType
  • Appendix 2: Earlier Version Update Notes
  • Appendix 3: Standard values for unknown information
• Mappings
  • DataCite to Dublin Core Mapping
    • DataCite to Dublin Core Qualified Mapping
    • DataCite - Dublin Core local extension
  • FORCE11 Software Citation Principles Mapping
  • PIDINST Schema Mapping
• Guidance
  • Citation of dynamic datasets
  • Support for software citation
  • Using RelatedItem for publication information and related resources
• XML Schema and Examples