Integrated distribution of the DataCite linked-data classes, properties, vocabulary schemes, and vocabulary terms for schema version 4.6.
DataCite Linked Data 4.6 Distribution
RelatedItem
Information about a resource related to the one being registered.
Date
Different dates relevant to the work.
Description
All additional information that does not fit in any of the other categories. May be used for technical information or detailed information associated with a scientific instrument.
PublicationYear
The year when the data was or will be made publicly available. In the case of resources such as software or dynamic data where there may be multiple releases in one year, include the Date property and sub-properties (dateType/dateInformation) to provide more information about the publication or release date details.
Contributor
The institution or person responsible for collecting, managing, distributing, or otherwise contributing to the development of the resource. To supply multiple contributors, repeat this property. For software, if there is an alternate entity that “holds, archives, publishes, prints, distributes, releases, issues, or produces” the code, use the contributorType “HostingInstitution” for the code repository. For instruments, if there is an institution responsible for the management of the instrument (for example, the legal owner, the operator, or an institute providing access to the instrument), use the contributorType “HostingInstitution” for the owner of the instrument.
Format
Technical format of the resource.
Subject
Subject, keyword, classification code, or key phrase describing the resource.
AlternateIdentifier
An identifier 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, a serial number of an instrument or an inventory number. The AlternateIdentifier should be an additional identifier for the same instance of the resource (i.e., same location, same file).
RelatedIdentifier
Identifiers of related resources. These must be globally unique identifiers.
Creator
The main researchers involved in producing the data, or the authors of the publication, in priority order. For instruments this is the manufacturer or developer of the instrument. To supply multiple creators, repeat this property.
Resource
Any object (data, software, instrument, document, sample, etc.) that can be cited via a DataCite-assigned persistent identifier (DOI). This is the root class of the DataCite Metadata Schema; every DataCite record describes exactly one Resource.
Publisher
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.
Identifier
The Identifier is a unique string that identifies a resource.
Size
Size (e.g., bytes, pages, inches, etc.) or duration (extent), e.g., hours, minutes, days, etc., of a resource.
Rights
Any rights information for this resource.
Version
The version number of the resource.
GeoLocation
Spatial region or named place where the data was gathered or about which the data is focused.
Title
A name or title by which a resource is known. May be the title of a dataset or the name of a piece of software or an instrument.
ResourceType
A description of the resource.
FundingReference
Information about financial support (funding) for the resource being registered.
Language
The primary language of the resource.
schemeType
The type of the relatedMetadataScheme, linked with the schemeURI.
numberType
Type of the related item’s number, e.g., report number or article number.
issue
Issue number or name of the related item.
pointLatitude
Latitudinal dimension of point.
alternateIdentifier
An identifier or identifiers other than the primary Identifier applied to the resource being registered. This may be any alphanumeric string unique within its domain of issue, such as a local identifier, a serial number of an instrument, or an inventory number.
westBoundLongitude
Western longitudinal dimension of box.
awardTitle
The human readable title or name of the award (grant).
descriptionType
The type of the Description.
geoLocationBox
The spatial limits of a box.
schemeURI
The URI of an identifier scheme.
funderIdentifier
Uniquely identifies a funding entity, according to various types.
geoLocationPolygon
A drawn polygon area, defined by a set of points and lines connecting the points in a closed chain.
nameIdentifierScheme
The name of the name identifier scheme.
format
contributorType
The type of contributor of the resource.
dateType
The type of date.
rightsIdentifier
A short standardized identifier for the licence.
publisherIdentifier
Uniquely identifies the publisher, according to various schemes.
nameType
The type of name.
pointLongitude
Longitudinal dimension of point.
geoLocationPlace
Description of a geographic location.
familyName
The surname or last name of the creator.
publisher
valueURI
The URI of the subject term.
edition
Edition or version of the related item.
dateInformation
Specific information about the date, if appropriate.
affiliationIdentifier
Uniquely identifies the organizational affiliation of the creator.
relatedItem
givenName
The personal or first name of the creator.
nameIdentifier
Uniquely identifies an individual or legal entity, according to various schemes.
funderIdentifierType
The type of the funderIdentifier.
resourceType
date
publisherIdentifierScheme
The name of the publisher identifier scheme.
funderName
Name of the funding provider.
relatedIdentifierType
The type of the RelatedIdentifier.
titleType
The type of Title (other than the Main Title).
relatedItemIdentifier
The identifier for the related item.
geoLocation
identifier
resourceTypeGeneral
The general type of a resource.
version
inPolygonPoint
A point location in a polygon.
number
Number of the resource within the related item, e.g., report number or article number.
relatedItemType
The general type of the related item.
subject
subjectScheme
The name of the subject scheme or classification code or authority if one is used.
relatedIdentifier
creatorName
The full name of the creator.
alternateIdentifierType
The type of the AlternateIdentifier.
northBoundLatitude
Northern latitudinal dimension of box.
awardURI
The URI leading to a page provided by the funder for more information about the award (grant).
eastBoundLongitude
Eastern longitudinal dimension of box.
firstPage
First page of the resource within the related item, e.g., of the chapter, article, or conference paper in proceedings.
publicationYear
The year when the item was or will be made publicly available.
identifierType
The type of Identifier.
rights
relationType
Description of the relationship of the resource being registered (A) and the related resource (B).
volume
Volume of the related item.
polygonPoint
description
contributor
The institution or person responsible for collecting, managing, distributing, or otherwise contributing to the development of the resource. To supply multiple contributors, repeat this property.
language
awardNumber
The code assigned by the funder to a sponsored award (grant).
fundingReference
contributorName
The full name of the contributor.
geoLocationPoint
A point location in space.
creator
relatedMetadataScheme
The name of the scheme.
size
affiliation
The organizational or institutional affiliation of the creator.
rightsIdentifierScheme
southBoundLatitude
Southern latitude of box .
title
relatedItemIdentifierType
The type of the Identifier for the related item.
rightsURI
The URI of the license.
classificationCode
The classification code used for the subject term in the subject scheme.
affiliationIdentifierScheme
The name of the affiliation identifier scheme
lastPage
Last page of the resource within the related item, e.g., of the chapter, article, or conference paper in proceedings.
Use Other for funder identifier schemes that are not represented by a named value in this vocabulary. If a particular scheme is in common use, consider proposing it as a named value in a future DataCite release.
Other
Any funder identifier type not covered by the other values in the funderIdentifierType controlled list.
ROR
A persistent identifier for a research organization from the Research Organization Registry (ROR), a community-led, open registry of unique identifiers for every organization that performs, funds, or otherwise contributes to research.
Research Organization Registry
ISNI
A 16-character identifier for the public identity of a person or organization, defined by ISO 27729 and assigned by the ISNI International Agency. When used as a funder identifier, the ISNI uniquely identifies the funding organization.
International Standard Name Identifier
GRID identifiers were succeeded by ROR identifiers in 2021; new records SHOULD prefer ROR where an equivalent ROR identifier exists.
GRID
A persistent identifier for a research organization issued by the Global Research Identifier Database (GRID), a free database of research-related institution identifiers maintained by Digital Science.
Global Research Identifier Database
Crossref Funder ID
A persistent identifier for a funding body assigned by the Crossref Funder Registry, a curated, openly licensed registry of funder names and identifiers used to disambiguate funding organizations in scholarly metadata.
Crossref Funder Registry ID
DataCite 4.6 funderIdentifierType
If selected, supply a value for ResourceType.
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/).
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.
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading that is not covered by any other textual resource type in this list.
Includes pre-registrations, registered reports, and clinical trials. Study registrations are sometimes peer-reviewed and may include the hypothesis, expected results, study design, and/or analysis plan. <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="StudyRegistration">Pre-registration</resourceType>
StudyRegistration
A detailed, time-stamped description of a research plan, often openly shared in a registry or published in a journal before the study is conducted to lend accountability and transparency in the hypothesis generating and testing process.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Standard">Dublin Core</resourceType>
Standard
Something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model, example, or point of reference.
Audio recording
Sound
A resource primarily intended to be heard.
Software supporting scholarly research
Software
A computer program other than a computational notebook, in either source code (text) or compiled form. Use this type for general software components supporting scholarly research. Use the ComputationalNotebook value for virtual notebooks.
Data management service, or long-term preservation service
Service
An organized system of apparatus, appliances, staff, etc., for supplying some function(s) required by end users.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Report">Annual Report</resourceType>
Report
A document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose.
This represents the project (research projects and studies). For project deliverables/descriptions, use the resource type for the output. <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Project">Field season</resourceType> <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Project">Cohort study</resourceType>
Project
A planned endeavor or activity, frequently collaborative, intended to achieve a particular aim using allocated resources such as budget, time, and expertise.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Preprint">Research Paper</resourceType>
Preprint
A version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal.
Artifacts, specimens, material samples, and features-of-interest of any size. Digital representations of physical objects should use one of the other resourceTypeGeneral values.
PhysicalObject
A physical object or substance.
https://api.datacite.org/dois/application/vnd.datacite.datacite+xml/10.6084/m9.figshare.5742270 <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="PeerReview">Scientific Article</resourceType>
PeerReview
Evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field.
Includes data, software, and materials. <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="OutputManagementPlan">Data Management Plan</resourceType>
OutputManagementPlan
A formal document that outlines how research outputs are to be handled both during a research project and after the project is completed.
Modelled descriptions of, for example, different aspects of languages or a molecular biology reaction chain
Model
An abstract, conceptual, graphical, mathematical or visualization model that represents empirical objects, phenomena, or physical processes.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="JournalArticle"></resourceType>
JournalArticle
A written composition on a topic of interest, which forms a separate part of a journal.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Journal"></resourceType>
Journal
A scholarly publication consisting of articles that is published regularly throughout the year.
Training modules, files that require use of a viewer (e.g., Flash), or query/response portals
InteractiveResource
A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
This is meant to be the instrument instance (the individual physical device), not the digital description or design of an instrument. <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Instrument">Reflectometer</resourceType>
Instrument
A device, tool or apparatus used to obtain, measure and/or analyze data.
Digitised or born digital images, drawings or photographs
Image
A visual representation other than text.
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
Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
DataCite 4.6 resourceTypeGeneral
May be used for films, video, etc.
Audiovisual
A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. May or may not include sound.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Award">Grant</resourceType> <resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Award">Facility use</resourceType>
Award
An umbrella term for resources provided to individual(s) or organization(s) in support of research, academic output, or training, such as a specific instance of funding, grant, investment, sponsorship, scholarship, recognition, or non-monetary materials.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Book">Textbook</resourceType>
Book
A medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover.
BookChapter
One of the main divisions of a book.
A collection of samples, or various files making up a report
Collection
An aggregation of resources, which may encompass collections of one resourceType as well as those of mixed types. A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="ComputationalNotebook">Jupyter</resourceType>
ComputationalNotebook
A virtual notebook environment used for literate programming.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="ConferencePaper">Experience Report</resourceType>
ConferencePaper
Article that is written with the goal of being accepted to a conference.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="ConferenceProceeding">Annual Convention</resourceType>
ConferenceProceeding
Collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference.
A data paper describes data provenance and methodologies used in the gathering, processing, organizing, and representing the data
DataPaper
A factual and objective publication with a focused intent to identify and describe specific data, sets of data, or data collections to facilitate discoverability.
Data file or files
Dataset
Data encoded in a defined structure.
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dissertation">PhD thesis</resourceType>
Dissertation
A written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
w3id
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="w3id" relationType="IsCitedBy">https://w3id.org/games/spec/coil#Coil_Bomb_Die_Of_Age</relatedIdentifier>
Mostly used to publish vocabularies and ontologies. The letters ‘w3’ stand for “World Wide Web”.
Permanent identifier for Web applications
URN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="IsSupplementTo">urn:nbn:de:101:1-201102033592</relatedIdentifier>
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.
Uniform Resource Name
URL
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsCitedBy">http://www.heatflow.und.edu/index2.html</relatedIdentifier>
Also known as web address, a URL is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource. The syntax is: scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id.
Uniform Resource Locator
UPC
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="UPC" relationType="Cites">123456789999</relatedIdentifier>
A barcode symbology used for tracking trade items in stores. Its most common form, the UPC-A, consists of 12 numerical digits.
Universal Product Code
RRID
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="RRID" relationType="Cites">RRID:SCR_014641</relatedIdentifier>
A character string used to uniquely identify key inputs to an experiment including the so-called “key biological resources” as defined by the National Institutes of Health, and related tools such as core facilities and databases. An RRID name is divided into two parts, the authority and a local identifier, separated by an underscore.
Research Resource IDentifier
PURL
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="PURL" relationType="Cites">http://purl.oclc.org/foo/bar</relatedIdentifier>
A PURL has three parts: (1) a protocol, (2) a resolver address, and (3) a name.
Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
PMID
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="PMID" relationType="IsReferencedBy">12082125</relatedIdentifier>
A unique number assigned to each PubMed record.
PubMed identifier
LSID
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="LSID" relationType="Cites">urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:11815</relatedIdentifier>
A unique identifier for data in the Life Science domain. Format: urn:lsid:authority:namespace:identifier:revision.
Life Science Identifiers
LISSN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="LISSN" relationType="Cites">1188-1534</relatedIdentifier>
The linking ISSN or ISSN-L enables collocation or linking among different media versions of a continuing resource.
Linking ISSN
ISTC
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISTC" relationType="Cites">0A9 2002 12B4A105 7</relatedIdentifier>
A unique “number” assigned to a textual work. An ISTC consists of 16 numbers and/or letters.
International Standard Text Code
DataCite 4.6 relatedIdentifierType
ARK
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ARK" relationType="IsCitedBy">ark:/13030/tqb3kh97gh8w</relatedIdentifier>
A URI 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].
Archival Resource Key
arXiv
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="arXiv" relationType="IsCitedBy">arXiv:0706.0001</relatedIdentifier>
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.
arXiv identifier
bibcode
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="bibcode" relationType="IsCitedBy">2018AGUFM.A24K..07S</relatedIdentifier>
A standardized 19-character identifier according to the syntax yyyyjjjjjvvvvmppppa. See http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:bibcode/. Note: bibcodes can be searched via https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/ or resolved using https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/<bibcode>.
Astrophysics Data System bibliographic codes
CSTR
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="CSTR" relationType="References">31253.11.sciencedb.13238</relatedIdentifier>
CSTR is an identifier based on the Chinese National Standard GB/T 32843—2016 “Science and technology resource identification”, providing a unique identification service for scientific data, papers, scientific institutions, researchers, scientific instruments, patents and other scientific and technological resources.
Common Science and Technology Resources Identifier
DOI
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsSupplementTo">10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.037</relatedIdentifier>
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.
Digital Object Identifier
EAN13
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="EAN13" relationType="Cites">9783468111242</relatedIdentifier>
A 13-digit barcoding standard that is a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system.
European Article Number (now renamed International Article Number, but retaining the original acronym)
EISSN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="eISSN" relationType="Cites">1562-6865</relatedIdentifier>
ISSN used to identify periodicals in electronic form (eISSN or e-ISSN).
Electronic International Standard Serial Number
Handle
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="Handle" relationType="References">10013/epic.10033</relatedIdentifier>
This refers specifically to an ID in the Handle system operated by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI).
IGSN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="IGSN" relationType="References">IECUR0097</relatedIdentifier>
A code that uniquely identifies samples from our natural environment and related features-of-interest.
International Generic Sample Number
ISBN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISBN" relationType="IsPartOf">978-3-905673-82-1</relatedIdentifier>
A unique numeric book identifier. There are 2 formats: a 10-digit ISBN format and a 13-digit ISBN.
International Standard Book Number
ISSN
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISSN" relationType="IsPartOf">0077-5606</relatedIdentifier>
A unique 8-digit number used to identify a print or electronic periodical publication.
International Standard Serial Number
Could be a photographer, artist, or writer whose contribution helped to publicize the resource (as opposed to creating it), a reviewer, someone providing administrative services (depositing updates, analysing usage), etc.
Any person or institution making a significant contribution to the development and/or maintenance of the resource, but whose contribution is not adequately described by any of the other values for contributorType.
WorkPackageLeader
A Work Package is a recognized data product, not all of which is included in publication. The package may include notes, discarded documents, etc. The Work Package Leader is responsible for ensuring comprehensive contents, versioning, and availability of the Work Package during development of the resource.
Apply to DOI metadata for a resource which has been translated from another resource.
Translator
A person, organization, or automated system responsible for converting the content of a resource from one language into another, preserving its meaning and intended message.
Supervisor
Designated administrator over one or more groups/teams working to produce a resource, or over one or more steps of a development process.
Includes organisations that provide in-kind support (donation, people, facility, instrumentation) necessary for development of the resource.
Sponsor
Person or organisation that issued a contract or under the auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, developed, etc.
RightsHolder
Person or institution owning or managing property rights, including intellectual property rights over the resource.
May operate at a narrower level of scope; may or may not hold less administrative responsibility than a project team.
ResearchGroup
Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the University of Bern (WP Unibe)
Typically refers to a group of individuals with a lab, department, or division that has a specifically defined focus of activity.
Should be a person, not an institution. A person gathering data would typically be DataCollector. A researcher may find additional data online and correlate it to collected data.
Researcher
A person involved in analysing data or the results of an experiment or formal study.
Could be an author’s intellectual mentor, a person providing intellectual leadership in the discipline or subject domain, etc.
RelatedPerson
A person without a specifically defined role in the development of the resource, but who is someone the author wishes to recognize.
The IDF serves as the Registration Authority for the International Standards Organisation (ISO) in the area/domain of Digital Object Identifiers.
RegistrationAuthority
A standards-setting body from which Registration Agencies obtain official recognition and guidance.
DataCite is a Registration Agency for the International DOI Foundation (IDF). One task is to assign DOI prefixes to allocating agents who then assign full DOI strings to clients and provide metadata back to the DataCite registry.
RegistrationAgency
Institution/organisation officially appointed by a Registration Authority to handle specific tasks within a defined area of responsibility.
DataCite 4.6 contributorType
May also be the “Point of Contact” in an organisation that controls access to the resource, if that organisation is different from the Publisher, Distributor, and Data Manager.
ContactPerson
Person with knowledge of how to access, troubleshoot, or otherwise field issues related to the resource.
May also be used when crediting survey conductors, interviewers, event or condition observers, or persons responsible for monitoring key instrument data.
DataCollector
Person/institution responsible for finding or gathering/collecting data under the guidelines of the author(s) or Principal Investigator (PI).
While the DataManager is concerned with digital maintenance, the DataCurator’s role encompasses quality assurance focused on content and metadata. Responsibilities can include checking completeness; verifying standard metadata; adding/verifying specialized metadata; and determining how metadata maps to search engines, database products, and automated feeds. Repository managers and data librarians may fall within this category.
DataCurator
Person tasked with reviewing, enhancing, cleaning, or standardizing metadata and the associated data submitted for storage, use, and maintenance within a data centre or repository.
Ensures the resource is periodically refreshed (software/hardware support), kept available/protected from unauthorized access, stored according to industry standards, and handled according to applicable records management requirements.
DataManager
Person (or organisation with a staff of data managers, such as a data centre) responsible for maintaining the finished resource.
Works stored in more than one archive/repository may credit each as a distributor.
Distributor
Institution tasked with responsibility to generate/disseminate copies of the resource in either electronic or print form.
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.
Editor
A person who oversees the details related to the publication format of the resource.
This role normally falls on the university, research center, or organization where the data center/repository belongs. May also be used for an organisation that stores the data offline, often a data centre if that data centre is not the publisher.
HostingInstitution
Typically, the organisation allowing the resource to be available on the internet through the provision of its hardware/software/operating support.
In the data industry, this may be a company producing DVDs that package data for future dissemination by a distributor.
Producer
Typically, a person or organisation responsible for the artistry and form of a media product.
The Project Leader remains intimately involved throughout the life of the particular project team.
ProjectLeader
Person officially designated as head of project team or sub-project team instrumental in the work necessary to development of the resource.
The manager of a project normally has more administrative responsibility than actual work involvement.
ProjectManager
Person officially designated as manager of a project. Project may consist of one or many project teams and sub-teams.
This vocabulary may or may not indicate the quality, quantity, or substance of the person’s involvement.
ProjectMember
Person on the membership list of a designated project/project team.
Any title type not covered by the other values in the titleType controlled list.
Use the xml:lang attribute to indicate the language of the translated title.
TranslatedTitle
A title that is a translation of the primary title into another language.
Subtitle
A secondary title that follows the main title and provides additional information about the resource.
Use for formally recognized alternate titles. For translated titles use TranslatedTitle; for secondary titles use Subtitle.
AlternativeTitle
A title by which the resource is also known, used as an alternative to the primary title.
DataCite 4.6 titleType
Personal
An individual person’s name.
Organizational
An organization or institution name.
DataCite 4.6 nameType
Use for any other description type.
Other description information that does not fit into an existing category.
For software description, this may include the contents of a “readme.txt” and necessary environmental information (hardware, operational software, applications/programs with version information, a human-readable synopsis of software purpose) that cannot be described using other properties. For other uses, this can include specific and detailed information as necessary and appropriate.
TechnicalInfo
Detailed information that may be associated with design, implementation, operation, use, and/or maintenance of a process, system, or instrument.
Use “ ” to indicate a line break for improved rendering of multiple paragraphs, but otherwise no html markup.
TableOfContents
A listing of the Table of Contents.
The information previously encoded as a description with this type should now be explicitly provided in tagged fields using the new RelatedItem property with relationType “IsPublishedIn” selected.
SeriesInformation
Information about a repeating series, such as volume, issue, number.
Recommended for discovery. Full documentation about methods supports open science.
Methods
The methodology employed for the study or research.
Recommended for discovery. Use “ ” to indicate a line break for improved rendering of multiple paragraphs, but otherwise no html markup.
Abstract
A brief description of the resource and the context in which the resource was created.
DataCite 4.6 descriptionType
When a resource is shared in one language and later translated, use HasTranslation to link original to translation. If released simultaneously in multiple languages, connect in both directions.
HasTranslation
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="HasTranslation">10.21384/g01j-jm06</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A has a translation B
When a resource is shared in one language and later translated, use IsTranslationOf to link translation to original.
IsTranslationOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsTranslationOf">10.21384/828a-cm38</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a translation of B
May indicate relationship between an instrument and a dataset it collected/observed.
Collects
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Collects">10.5072/data</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A collects B
May indicate relationship between a dataset and an instrument used to collect/measure/observe data.
IsCollectedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsCollectedBy">10.5072/instrument</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A is collected by B
IsObsoletedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsObsoletedBy">10.5438/0005</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A is replaced by B
Obsoletes
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Obsoletes">10.5438/0007</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A replaces B
May be used to indicate software dependencies.
Requires
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Requires">10.1234/867</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A requires B
IsRequiredBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsRequiredBy">10.1234/8675</relatedIdentifier>
Indicates A is required by B
IsSourceOf is the original resource from which a derivative resource was created (e.g., original dataset without value manipulation).
IsSourceOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsSourceOf">http://opencontext.org/projects/81204AF8-127C-4686-E9B0-1202C3A47959</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a source upon which B is based
Use for a resource that is a derivative of an original resource. Example context: dataset derived from a larger dataset and manipulated.
IsDerivedFrom
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsDerivedFrom">10.6078/M7DZ067C</relatedIdentifier>
indicates B is a source upon which A is based
Reviews
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Reviews">10.12688/f1000research.4001.1</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that A is a review of B
IsReviewedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsReviewedBy">10.5256/F1000RESEARCH.4288.R4745</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that A is reviewed by B
Use when the same resource is saved in another location (e.g., another institution).
IsIdenticalTo
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsIdenticalTo">http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r78fzq</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that A is identical to B, for use when there is a need to register two separate instances of the same resource
May be used for different software operating systems or compiler formats.
IsOriginalFormOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsOriginalFormOf">10.1234/9035</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is the original form of B
Use for a different form of one thing. May be used for different software operating systems or compiler formats.
IsVariantFormOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsVariantFormOf">10.1234/8675</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a variant or different form of B
May be used for software and text; a compiler can be a computer program or a person.
Compiles
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="Compiles">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-963</relatedIdentifier>
indicates B is the result of a compile or creation event using A
May indicate a traditional text compilation, or the compiler program used to generate executable software.
IsCompiledBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsCompiledBy">http://d-nb.info/gnd/4513749-3</relatedIdentifier>
indicates B is used to compile or create A
May be used for software documentation.
Documents
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Documents">10.1234/7836</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is documentation about/explaining B
IsDocumentedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsDocumentedBy">http://tobias-lib.uni-tuebingen.de/volltexte/2000/96/</relatedIdentifier>
indicates B is documentation about/explaining A
Recommended for discovery.
References
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="References">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-963</relatedIdentifier>
indicates B is used as a source of information for A
IsReferencedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsReferencedBy">http://www.testpubl.de</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is used as a source of information by B
IsPublishedIn
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISSN" relationType="IsPublishedIn">2213-1337</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is published inside B, but is independent of other things published inside of B
Recommended for discovery. Primarily applied to container-contained relationships. May be used for individual software modules; code repository-to-version should use IsVersionOf/HasVersion.
HasPart
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="HasPart">https://zenodo.org/record/16564/files/dune-stuff-LSSC_15.zip</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A includes the part B
IsPartOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsPartOf">10.5281/zenodo.754312</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a portion of B; may be used for elements of a series
IsPreviousVersionOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsPreviousVersionOf">10.5438/0007</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a previous edition of B
IsNewVersionOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsNewVersionOf">10.5438/0005</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a new edition of B, where the new edition has been modified or updated
The registered resource is an instance of a target resource (A is an instance of B). May relate a specific software version to its code repository.
IsVersionOf
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsVersionOf">10.5281/ZENODO.832054</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a version of B
DataCite 4.6 relationType
IsCitedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsCitedBy">10.4232/10.ASEAS-5.2-1</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that B includes A in a citation
Cites
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="ISBN" relationType="Cites">0761964312</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that A includes B in a citation
IsSupplementTo
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="IsSupplementTo">urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-13172</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that A is a supplement to B
IsSupplementedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="PMID" relationType="IsSupplementedBy">16911322</relatedIdentifier>
indicates that B is a supplement to A
IsContinuedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="IsContinuedBy">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-4967</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is continued by the work B
Continues
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URN" relationType="Continues">urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-4966</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is a continuation of the work B
Describes
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="Describes">10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3288407</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A describes B
IsDescribedBy
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsDescribedBy">10.1038/sdata.2016.123</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A is described by B
HasMetadata
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="HasMetadata" relatedMetadataScheme="DDI-L" schemeURI="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.1/XMLSchema/instance.xsd">10.1234/567890</relatedIdentifier>
indicates resource A has additional metadata B
IsMetadataFor
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsMetadataFor" relatedMetadataScheme="DDI-L" schemeURI="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.1/XMLSchema/instance.xsd">10.1234/567891</relatedIdentifier>
indicates additional metadata A for a resource B
The registered resource such as a software package or code repository has a versioned instance (A has instance B). May relate an un-versioned code repository to a specific software version.
HasVersion
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="HasVersion">10.5281/ZENODO.832053</relatedIdentifier>
indicates A has a version B
The DOI is the required identifier type for resources registered with DataCite; every DataCite record MUST carry exactly one DOI as its primary identifier.
A character string used to uniquely and persistently identify a citable resource, registered with a DOI Registration Agency such as DataCite. A DOI name consists of a prefix (assigned to the registrant) and a suffix (assigned by the registrant to the resource), separated by a slash.
DataCite 4.6 identifierType
Any number type not covered by the other values in the numberType controlled list.
A number identifying a report within a report series.
Chapter
A number identifying a chapter within a book or monograph.
Article
A number identifying an article within a journal issue or proceedings volume.
DataCite 4.6 numberType
Other date that does not fit into an existing category.
DataCite 4.6 dateType
To indicate the start of an embargo period, use Accepted or Submitted, as appropriate.
Accepted
The date that the publisher accepted the resource into their system.
To indicate the end of an embargo period, use Available.
Available
The date the resource is made publicly available. May be a range.
Copyrighted
The specific, documented date at which the resource receives a copyrighted status, if applicable.
To indicate precise or particular timeframes in which research was conducted.
Collected
The date or date range in which the resource content was collected.
To indicate the temporal coverage of the resource, use Coverage. This may be different from Collected.
Coverage
The date or date range that the resource content applies to, describes, or covers.
Created
The date the resource itself was put together; this could refer to a timeframe in ancient history, a date range, or a single date for a final component, e.g., the finalised file with all the data.
Issued
The date that the resource is published or distributed, e.g., to a data centre.
Recommended for discovery. To indicate the start of an embargo period, use Submitted or Accepted, as appropriate.
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.
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.
It is good practice to include a Description that indicates the reason for the retraction or withdrawal.
Withdrawn
The date the resource is removed.