DataCite Metadata Schema 3.1
Deprecated
Released 16 Oct 2014
DataCite Metadata Schema 3 (3.0 and 3.1) was deprecated in January 2025.
Please see the support documentation for more information.
Documentation
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2014). DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 3.1. DataCite e.V. http://doi.org/10.5438/0010
Schema
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2014). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 3.1. DataCite e.V. http://doi.org/10.5438/0011
- New affiliation attribute for Creator and Contributor
- New relationType pairs IsReviewedBy/Reviews and IsDerivedFrom/IsSourceOf
- New contributorType: DataCurator
- New relatedIdentifier types: arXiv and bibcode
Examples
- Full DataCite XML example
- Example for a simple dataset
- Example with complicated values
- Example with DataCollector as Contributor and a geoLocation box
- Example with GeoLocation
- Example with HasMetadata as related resource
- Example with IsIdenticalTo as related resource
- Example with ResearchGroup as Contributor and Methods as Description
- Example with Collection as ResourceType
- Example with Video as ResourceType
- Example for a workflow ResourceType