Tag: Metadata

Launch of the PID-network Project - Understanding Metadata Workflows

Logo of the PID Network Germany project On March 01, 2023, the project "PID Network Deutschland – Network for fostering persistent identifiers in science and culture", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and scheduled to run for…

February 15th, 2023

Full API support for DataCite Metadata Schema 4.4

We are pleased to announce that all DataCite APIs now have full support for metadata schema version 4.4. As of today, all DataCite APIs include full support for the RelatedItem property and the relationType IsPublishedIn. What’s…

January 10th, 2023

Updating our metadata schema suggestions process

As a community-driven organization, we believe it is critical that our members shape the DataCite metadata schema. The Metadata Working Group consists of 10-16 community representatives, who work on improving the metadata schema based on what we learn from the…

December 13th, 2022

Investigating PIDs for organizations - ORCID DE 2 project successfully completed

Project partners of the ORCID DE 2 project As an open infrastructure that is embedded in its community, DataCite is involved in various projects to promote our vision of connecting research and identifying knowledge through persistent identifiers (PIDs).…

December 6th, 2022

Towards richer metadata - perspectives from three DataCite projects

Metadata Metadata is at the heart of DOIs and open scholarly infrastructure. At DataCite, our metadata schema defines what metadata properties can be included through DOI registration. The schema currently includes just six required properties—identifier (the…

November 17th, 2022

FAIR is everywhere

Implementing FAIR Workflows: A Proof of Concept Study in the Field of Consciousness is a 3-year project funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. In this project, DataCite works with a number of partners…

November 10th, 2022

ConfIDent about PIDs: Using DataCite DOIs for Conferences

The ConfIDent project focuses on the development of a service platform for scientific events. ConfIDent aims to help researchers find relevant conferences in their field and to share information about conferences. The project is led by…

October 27th, 2022

Grounding Indigenous Rights in DataCite metadata

Local Contexts is an organization dedicated to supporting Indigenous communities to manage their intellectual and cultural property, cultural heritage, environmental data and genetic resources within digital environments. Local Contexts recognizes the inherent sovereignty that Indigenous communities…

October 25th, 2022

Proposed DataCite Metadata Schema Changes: Your Feedback Needed!

The DataCite Metadata Working Group has been working on the next version of the metadata schema—and we need your feedback! Over the past year and a half, the Metadata Working Group has been working on changes…

September 12th, 2022

Refining our Thinking: How we are improving DataCite design processes

Over the last two years, we have been reviewing our design processes, and in line with our strategic priority to “Provide easy, efficient, and responsive community services to support the needs of our…

August 29th, 2022

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