1.3. Title

Required

Repeatable

Yes

Yes

Occurrences: 1-n

Definition:

A name to identify the data asset.

The name might refer to the research activity/study that produced the asset and give an indication of its contents.

Repeat if there other titles such as translations

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Free text.

Metadata fields:

Example DataCite XML

<titles>
    <title xml:lang="en">Example title</title>
    <title xml:lang="en" titleType="Subtitle">Example subtitle</title>
</titles>

DataCite 3 Title

Occurrences: 1-n

Input type: Text

Example input:

  • Data from Prediction of Incident Dementia: Impact of Impairment in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Mild Cognitive Impairment – Results from the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe)

  • National Social Life, Health, and Ageing Project (NSHAP): Round 3 and COVID-19 Study, [United States], 2015-2016, 2020-2021

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

  • AlternativeTitle

  • Subtitle

  • TranslatedTitle

  • Other

Notes:

DataCite 3.a titleType

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text from list

Example input: AlternativeTitle

Controlled vocabulary source:

From the DataCite metadata schema:

  • AlternativeTitle

  • Subtitle

  • TranslatedTitle

  • Other

Notes:

Do not use this field for the main title.