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DataCite Schema v4.3 XML Example

The following metadata example has been copied from the DataCite website.

Please note:

  • The DOI value provided in the XML below is just an example.  
  • All XML should have an XML declaration line, it is not part of the schema definition so is not provided as part of the example.
     
XML
<resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4" xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/metadata.xsd">
<identifier identifierType="DOI">10.5072/example-full</identifier>
<creators>
    <creator>
        <creatorName nameType="Personal">Miller, Elizabeth</creatorName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <familyName>Miller</familyName>
        <nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0001-5000-0007</nameIdentifier>
        <affiliation affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/04wxnsj81" affiliationIdentifierScheme="ROR">DataCite</affiliation>
    </creator>
    <creator>
        <creatorName nameType="Organizational" xml:lang="en">Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry</creatorName>
    </creator>
    <creator>
        <creatorName nameType="Organizational" xml:lang="fr">Université du Québec à Montréal</creatorName>
    </creator>
</creators>
<titles>
    <title xml:lang="en-US">Full DataCite XML Example</title>
    <title xml:lang="en-US" titleType="Subtitle">Demonstration of DataCite Properties.</title>
</titles>
<publisher xml:lang="en">National Research Council of Canada</publisher>
<publicationYear>2014</publicationYear>
<subjects>
    <subject xml:lang="en-US" schemeURI="http://dewey.info/" subjectScheme="dewey">000 computer science</subject>
</subjects>
<contributors>
    <contributor contributorType="ProjectLeader">
        <contributorName>Starr, Joan</contributorName>
        <givenName>Joan</givenName>
        <familyName>Starr</familyName>
        <nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0002-7285-027X</nameIdentifier>
        <affiliation affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/03yrm5c26" affiliationIdentifierScheme="ROR">California Digital Library</affiliation>
    </contributor>
    <contributor contributorType="Sponsor">
        <contributorName xml:lang="en">International Joint Commission</contributorName>
    </contributor>
    <contributor contributorType="Producer">
        <contributorName xml:lang="en">United States Geological Survey</contributorName>
    </contributor>
</contributors>
<dates>
    <date dateType="Updated" dateInformation="Updated with 4.3 properties">2017-09-13</date>
</dates>
<language>en-US</language>
<resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Software">XML</resourceType>
<alternateIdentifiers>
    <alternateIdentifier alternateIdentifierType="URL">https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/example/datacite-example-full-v4.3.xml</alternateIdentifier>
</alternateIdentifiers>
<relatedIdentifiers>
    <relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="HasMetadata" relatedMetadataScheme="citeproc+json" schemeURI="https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-data.json">https://data.datacite.org/application/citeproc+json/10.5072/example-full</relatedIdentifier>
    <relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="arXiv" relationType="IsReviewedBy" resourceTypeGeneral="Text">arXiv:0706.0001</relatedIdentifier>
</relatedIdentifiers>
<sizes>
    <size>4 kB</size>
</sizes>
<formats>
    <format>application/xml</format>
</formats>
<version>4.3</version>
<rightsList>
    <rights xml:lang="en-US" schemeURI="https://spdx.org/licenses/" rightsIdentifierScheme="SPDX" rightsIdentifier="CC0 1.0" rightsURI="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"/>
</rightsList>
<descriptions>
    <description xml:lang="en-US" descriptionType="Abstract"> XML example of all DataCite Metadata Schema v4.3 properties. </description>
</descriptions>
<geoLocations>
    <geoLocation>
        <geoLocationPlace>Atlantic Ocean</geoLocationPlace>
        <geoLocationPoint>
            <pointLongitude>-67.302</pointLongitude>
            <pointLatitude>31.233</pointLatitude>
        </geoLocationPoint>
        <geoLocationBox>
            <westBoundLongitude>-71.032</westBoundLongitude>
            <eastBoundLongitude>-68.211</eastBoundLongitude>
            <southBoundLatitude>41.090</southBoundLatitude>
            <northBoundLatitude>42.893</northBoundLatitude>
        </geoLocationBox>
        <geoLocationPolygon>
            <polygonPoint>
                <pointLatitude>41.991</pointLatitude>
                <pointLongitude>-71.032</pointLongitude>
            </polygonPoint>
            <polygonPoint>
                <pointLatitude>42.893</pointLatitude>
                <pointLongitude>-69.622</pointLongitude>
            </polygonPoint>
            <polygonPoint>
                <pointLatitude>41.991</pointLatitude>
                <pointLongitude>-68.211</pointLongitude>
            </polygonPoint>
            <polygonPoint>
                <pointLatitude>41.090</pointLatitude>
                <pointLongitude>-69.622</pointLongitude>
            </polygonPoint>
            <polygonPoint>
                <pointLatitude>41.991</pointLatitude>
                <pointLongitude>-71.032</pointLongitude>
            </polygonPoint>
        </geoLocationPolygon>
    </geoLocation>
</geoLocations>
<fundingReferences>
    <fundingReference>
        <funderName>National Science Foundation</funderName>
        <funderIdentifier funderIdentifierType="Crossref Funder ID">https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001</funderIdentifier>
        <awardNumber>CBET-106</awardNumber>
        <awardTitle>Full DataCite XML Example</awardTitle>
    </fundingReference>
</fundingReferences>
</resource>

 

 

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