3.1 Keyword

Required	Repeatable
No	Yes

Definition:

Qualifying words that help the reader understand more about the dataset, that can help differentiate this dataset from others.

These Text keywords are not constrained by vocabularies, however the use of vocabularies (e.g. MeSH, SNOMED, ICD-11, etc) is strongly recommended.

Metadata fields:

Example DataCite XML

<subjects>
  <subject xml:lang="en" subjectScheme="MeSH" schemeURI="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/" valueURI="https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001794" classificationCode="D001794">Blood pressure</subject>
</subject>

DataCite 6 Subject

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input: Blood pressure

Controlled vocabulary source: Use of a medical vocabulary such as MeSH, SNOMED or ICD-11 is highly recommended.

Notes:

DataCite 6.a subjectScheme

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: MeSH

Controlled vocabulary source:

Notes:

DataCite 6.b schemeURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/

Controlled vocabulary source:

Notes:

DataCite 6.c valueURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001794

Controlled vocabulary source:

Notes:

DataCite 6.d classificationCode

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input: D001794

Controlled vocabulary source:

Notes: