DataCite Metadata Schema 3.1

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

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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

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Changes

Changes in this version include:

• 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