DataCite Metadata Schema 4.2

Documentation

DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2019). DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 4.2. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.5438/bmjt-bx77

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Schema

DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2019). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 4.2. DataCite e.V. http://doi.org/10.5438/rv0g-av03

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Changes

• Addition of new dateType “Withdrawn”
• Addition of new relationType pair: IsObsoletedBy and Obsoletes
• Addition of new relatedIdentifierType “w3id”
• Addition of new subproperties for Rights:
• rightsIdentifier
• rightsIdentifierScheme
• schemeURI
• Addition of the XML language attribute to the properties Creator, Contributor and Publisher for organizational names.

Examples

• Full DataCite XML example
• Example for software
• Example for a data paper
• Example for a simple dataset
• Example with complicated values
• Example with DataCollector as Contributor and a geoLocation box
• Example with GeoLocation
• Example with Polygon
• 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