Contributor (MA, 0-n)

datacite:contributor

An institution or person responsible for collecting, managing, distributing, or otherwise contributing to the development of the resource.

Property contributor (MA, 0-n)

Attribute contributorType (M, 1)

The type of the resource’s contributor.

Subproperty contributorName (M, 1)

The name of the contributor.

Attribute nameType (R, 0-1)

The type of the name, or rather of the contributor.

Controlled list values

  • Organizational
  • Personal

Subproperty familyName (O, 0-1)

The surname or last name of the contributor.

Subproperty givenName (O, 0-1)

The personal or first name of the contributor.

Subproperty nameIdentifier (R, 0-n)

Unique identifier of an individual or legal entity, according to various schemes.

Attribute nameIdentifierScheme (M, 1)

The name of the name identifier scheme.

Exemplary values:

  • ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier (resolvable via http://www.isni.org/isni/)
  • ORCID - Open Researcher and Contributor ID (resolvable via https://orcid.org/)
  • VIAF - Virtual International Authority File (resolvable via https://viaf.org/viaf/)
  • ResearcherID - Commercial/proprietary researcher identifier owned by Clarivate Analytics
  • CrossrefFunder - Crossref Funder ID (resolvable via http://dx.doi.org/)
  • ISIL - International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations
  • GRID - Global Research Identifier Database (resolvable via https://grid.ac/institutes/)
  • OrgRef - (see http://www.orgref.org)
  • ROR - Research Organization Registry (resolvable via https://ror.org/)
  • national organisation ID authoritative systems (e.g. PTCRIS_OrgID (Portugal))

Attribute schemeURI (R, 0-1)

The URI of the name identifier scheme.

Subproperty affiliation (R, 0-n)

The organisational or institutional affiliation of the contributor.

Attribute affiliationIdentifier (O, 0-n)

Unique identifier of the organizational affiliation of the creator.

Attribute affiliationIdentifierScheme (MA, 0-1)

Name of the affiliation identifier schema. Affiliation identifiers should always be accompanied by their respective schemes.

Attribute schemeURI (O, 0-1)

URI of the affiliation identifier schema.

Examples

<datacite:contributors>
   <datacite:contributor>
      <datacite:contributorName>Evans, R. J.</datacite:contributorName>
   <datacite:contributor>
</datacite:contributors>

<datacite:contributor contributorType="Sponsor">
   <datacite:contributorName>Hoffmann-La Roche</datacite:contributorName>
   <nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://grid.ac" nameIdentifierScheme="GRID">grid.417570.0</nameIdentifier>
</datacite:contributor>

Context

Do Not Confuse With

DataCite v4.3 Differentiation

  • OpenAIRE recommends including name identifiers if available.
  • OpenAIRE allows for more identifer types than DataCite.

OpenAIRE Data Guidelines v2 Differentiation