PIDINST Schema 1 Mapping

Table 7: PIDINST to DataCite Mapping

PIDINST Property	DataCite v. 4.5	Comments
Identifier	1. Identifier
identifierType	1.a identifierType “DOI”
Name	3. Title	May be the title of a dataset, the name of a piece of software or instrument.
Owner	7. Contributor with 7.a contributorType: HostingInstitution	Can be used for the owner of an instrument, i.e. the institution responsible for the management of the instrument. This may include the legal owner, the operator, or an institute providing access to the instrument. Use the contributorType “HostingInstitution”. The instrument owner may also be included in 4. Publisher. 2
ownerName	7.1 contributorName
ownerIdentifier	7.4 nameIdentifier
ownerIdentifierType	7.4.a nameIdentifierScheme
Manufacturer	2. Creator	The instrument’s manufacturer(s) or developer. This may also be the owner for custom-build instruments.
manufacturerName	2.1 creatorName
manufacturerIdentifier	2.4 nameIdentifier
manufacturerIdentifierType	2.4.a nameIdentifierScheme
Model modelName modelIdentifier modelIdentifierType	17. Description with 17.a descriptionType: TechnicalInfo	Detailed information associated with an instrument instance, e.g. model (model name and model identifier), instrument type (name and identifier), or measured variable.
Description	17. Description with 17.a descriptionType: Abstract	Technical description of the device and its capabilities.
InstrumentType instrumentTypeName instrumentTypeIdentifier instrumentTypeIdentifierType	17. Description with 17.a descriptionType: TechnicalInfo
MeasuredVariable	17. Description with 17.a descriptionType: TechnicalInfo	The variable(s) that this instrument measures or observes.
Date	8. Date	Dates relevant to the instrument.
dateType	8.a dateType	To indicate the date when the instrument started to be in operation (Commissioned), or ceased to be in operation (DeCommissioned), use 8.a dateType “Other” and add “Commissioned” resp. “Decommissioned” in 8.b dateInformation.
RelatedIdentifier	12. RelatedIdentifier
relatedIdentifierType	12.a relatedIdentifierType
relationType	12.b relationType	RelationTypes applicable to instruments.
	Describes, IsDescribedBy	The linked resource is a document describing the instrument.
	IsNewVersionOf, IsPreviousVersionOf	If an instrument is substantially modified, a new DOI may be attributed to the new version. In that case the old and the new DOI should be linked to each other. IsNewVersionOf should be used in the new DOI record to link the old instrument before the modification.
	HasPart, IsPartOf	In the case of a complex instrument, having multiple components that may be considered as instruments in their own right, with their own DOIs, these DOIs should be linked. HasPart should be used in the DOI record of the compound instrument to link the components. IsPartOf should be used in the DOI records of the components to link the compound instrument.
	HasMetadata, IsMetadataFor	If there is additional metadata describing the instrument, possibly using a community specific metadata standard, that metadata record may be linked using HasMetadata.
	Collects, IsCollectedBy	If the instrument has been used to collect data (e.g., to measure a physical quantity in some research activity), Collects may be used to link the instrument to the resulting dataset.
AlternateIdentifier	11. AlternateIdentifier	May be used for the instrument’s serial number. Other possible uses include an owner’s inventory number or an entry in some instrument database.
alternateIdentifierType	11.a alternateIdentifierType	The type of the AlternateIdentifier.

Footnotes

1

Krahl, R., Darroch, L., Huber, R., Devaraju, A., Klump, J., Habermann, T., Stocker, M., & The Research Data Alliance Persistent Identification of Instruments Working Group members (2022). Metadata Schema for the Persistent Identification of Instruments (1.0). Research Data Alliance. https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00070

2

The Appendix 3: Standard values for unknown information values may also be used for 4. Publisher (e.g., :unap for not applicable).