1.9 Alternate identifier

Required	Repeatable
No	Yes

Definition: An identifier other than the primary Identifier applied to the resource being registered. This may be any Text of characters which is unique within its domain of issue. May be used for local identifiers. The AlternateIdentifier should be an additional identifier for the same instance of the resource (i.e., same location, same file).

Metadata fields:

Example DataCite XML

<alternateIdentifiers>
    <alternateIdentifier alternateIdentifierType="Local accession number">E-GEOD-34814</alternateIdentifier>
</alternateIdentifiers>

DataCite 11. AlternateIdentifier

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input: E-GEOD-34814

Controlled vocabulary source Nil

Notes: We recommend the use of semantic versioning.

DataCite 11.a alternateIdentifierType

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: Local accession number

Controlled vocabulary source Nil

Notes: We recommend the use of semantic versioning.