Documentation
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2021). DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data and Other Research Outputs. Version 4.4. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.14454/3w3z-sa82
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DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2021). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data and Other Research Outputs. Version 4.4. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.14454/fxws-0523
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Changes
Addition of the new subproperty “classificationCode” in the Subject property.
Addition of new values to the resourceTypeGeneral property:
- Book
- BookChapter
- ComputationalNotebook
- ConferencePaper
- ConferenceProceeding
- Dissertation
- Journal
- JournalArticle
- OutputsManagementPlan
- PeerReview
- Preprint
- Report
- Standard
Addition of a new relationType: “isPublishedIn” (indicates that A is published in B)
Addition of a new relatedItem property, with subproperties to contain specific details for containing publication information previously encoded in a description field with descriptionType=”SeriesInformation” (for example, to define the journal name, volume, and page number for an article resource). Subproperties:
- relationType
- relatedItemType
- relatedItemIdentifier
- relatedItemIdentifierType ○ creator
- title
- publicationYear
- volume
- issue
- number
- firstPage
- lastPage
- publisher
- edition
- contributor
Major Documentation changes:
- The title of this document has changed to: DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation for Research Data and Other Research Outputs.
- Following community feedback and suggestions, this version includes further clarification as regards the following contributorTypes: DataManager, DataCurator, ResearchGroup, and HostingInstitution.
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