1.2.1 Contributor

Required

Repeatable

No

Yes

Definition:

These are contributors in addition to the creators, ie. the institution or person responsible for collecting, managing, distributing, or otherwise contributing to the development of the resource. To supply multiple contributors, repeat this property.

The inclusion of ORCID for individuals and ROR identifiers for organisations is strongly recommended.

Metadata fields

Example DataCite XML

<contributors>
    <contributor contributorType="Data Collector">
        <contributorName nameType="Personal">Garcia, Sofia</contributorName>
        <givenName>Sofia</givenName>
        <familyName>Garcia</familyName>
        <nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0001-5727-2427</nameIdentifier>
        <affiliation affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/03efmqc40" affiiationIdentifierScheme="ROR" schemeURI="https://ror.org">Arizona State University</affiliation>
    </contributor>
    <contributor contributorType="HostingInstitution">
        <contributorName xml:lang="en" nameType="Organizational">California Digital Library</contributorName>
        <nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://ror.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ROR">https://ror.org/03yrm5c26</nameIdentifier>
    </contributor>
</contributors>

DataCite 7 Contributor

Occurrences: Nil

Input type: n/a

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 7.a contributorType

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source:

  • ContactPerson

  • DataCollector

  • DataCurator

  • DataManager

  • Distributor

  • Editor

  • HostingInstitution

  • Producer

  • ProjectLeader

  • ProjectManager

  • ProjectMember

  • RegistrationAgency

  • RegistrationAuthority

  • RelatedPerson

  • Researcher

  • ResearchGroup

  • RightsHolder

  • Sponsor

  • Supervisor

  • WorkPackageLeader

  • contributorType_Other

See Appendix 1: Controlled List Definitions - contributorType for definitions.

DataCite 7.1 contributorName

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Text

Example input: Jane Doe

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 7.1.a nameType

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Text from list

Example input: Personal

Controlled vocabulary source

From the DataCite schema:

  • Organizational

  • Personal

DataCite 7.2 givenName

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: Jane

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 7.3 familyName

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: Doe

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 7.4 nameIdentifier

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0001-0003

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

An email address is not a valid identifier. Consider using an ORCID (for an individual) or a ROR (for an organisation) instead.

DataCite 7.4.a nameIdentifierScheme

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Text

Example input: ORCID

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

  • ORCID

  • ISNI

  • ROR

Notes:

DataCite 7.4.b schemeURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: ORCID

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

Notes:

DataCite 7.5 affiliation

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Free text

Example input: Holt University

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

This should be the affiliation of the creator when the study was undertaken and data asset created, not their current affiliation.

If the name of the affiliated organisation has changed since the study was undertaken, use the historical name.

DataCite 7.5.a affiliationIdentifier

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input: https://ror.org/04aj4c181

Controlled vocabulary source:

Search ROR to find the appropriate ROR ID for an organisation.

Notes:

A ROR ID will follow an organisation through name changes, so this should not need to be changed if an organisation changes name.

DataCite 7.5.b affiliationIdentifierScheme

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Text from list

Example input: ROR

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

  • ROR

  • ISNI

Notes:

DataCite 7.5.c schemeURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text from list

Example input: https://ror.org/

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

Notes: