DataCite Metadata Schema 4.0
Released 19 Sep 2016
Documentation
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2016). DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 4.0. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.5438/0012
Schema
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2016). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 4.0. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.5438/0013
Changes
- Changing resourceTypeGeneral from optional to mandatory
- Addition of a new property: FundingReference, with subproperties funderName, funderIdentifier, awardNumber, awardURI and awardTitle. Deprecation of contributorType “funder”
- Addition of new optional subproperties for creatorName and contributorName: familyName and givenName
- Addition of a new relatedIdentifierType option “IGSN”
- Addition of a new subproperty for GeoLocation “geoLocationPolygon”, and changing the definition of the existing GeoLocation subproperties (geoLocationPoint and geoLocationBox)
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
- Example with fundingReference