DataCite Metadata Schema
A set of mandatory metadata that must be registered with the DataCite Metadata Store when minting a DOI persistent identifier for a dataset. The domain-agnostic properties were chosen for their ability to aid in accurate and consistent identification of data for citation and retrieval purposes.
The scheme is maintained by the DataCite Metadata Working Group in consultation with DataCite members and under the guidance of the DataCite Board.
Used in
Documentation
Identifiers
- Internal MSC ID
- msc:m11
Version history
- 2021-03-30
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version 4.4 (current)
Sample: Full DataCite XML example
- 2019-08-16
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version 4.3
- 2019-03-20
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version 4.2
- 2017-10-23
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version 4.1
- DOI
- 10.5438/0014
- DOI
- 10.5438/0015
- 2016-09-19
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version 4.0
- DOI
- 10.5438/0012
- DOI
- 10.5438/0013
- 2014-10-16
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version 3.1
- DOI
- 10.5438/0010
- DOI
- 10.5438/0011
- 2013-07-24
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version 3.0
- DOI
- 10.5438/0008
- DOI
- 10.5438/0009
- 2011-07-01
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version 2.2
- DOI
- 10.5438/0005
- DOI
- 10.5438/0006
- 2011-03-28
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version 2.1
- DOI
- 10.5438/0003
- DOI
- 10.5438/0004
Tools
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RESTFUL API for registering datasets with the DataCite organization. The interface uses the DataCite Metadata Schema.
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Dataverse is an open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others' work more easily. Researchers, journals, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive academic credit and web visibility. Dataverse has grown considerably over time and is now a major international collaborative project. We encourage you to join us.
Known users
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The Centre for Digital Music Research Data Repository
Used by researchers at C4DM to share their research data with their colleagues and others in the digital music research community, this repository uses the DataCite metadata schema to describe its holdings.
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Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC)
The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is a Natural Environment Research Council Data Centre hosted by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). It manages nationally-important datasets concerned with the terrestrial and freshwater sciences.
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KOMFOR provides access to data in the earth and environmental sciences with special emphasis on geological disciplines The minimum set of metadata elements in KomFor is determined by the DataCite metadata schema.
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A European Scholarly Communication Infrastructure that aggregates bibliographic metadata from a network of publication repositories, data archives and CRIS following the OpenAIRE Guidelines. Together with additional authoritative information, the objects and their relationships described by the metadata form an information space graph which can be traversed by users and accessed via APIs by other services. The metadata primarily support discovery and monitoring services.
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
The research institution conducts research to support a sustainable use of our natural resources to benefit both mankind and the environment.