1.7 Format

Required	Repeatable
No	Yes

Definition: A description of the technical format in which the data asset will be shared.

Note: The convention is still to be confirmed, and the use of a controlled terminology will be considered.

Metadata fields:

Example DataCite XML

<formats>
    <format>application/xml</format>
</formats>

DataCite 14. Format

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input: text/csv

Controlled vocabulary source Refer to IANA’s Media Types list for MIME types.

Notes: Use file extension or MIME type where possible, e.g., PDF, XML, MPG or application/pdf, text/xml, video/mpeg.

A human-readable text description of the files in the dataset, such as “CT scans of vertebrae”, should go in 3.2 Dataset description (DataCite field 17)