DataCite Metadata Schema 4.2
Released 20 Mar 2019
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
Schema
DataCite Metadata Working Group. (2019). DataCite Metadata Schema for the Publication and Citation of Research Data. Version 4.2. DataCite e.V. https://doi.org/10.5438/rv0g-av03
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- Addition of new dateType “Withdrawn”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