7. Contributor
Obligation: Recommended
Occurrences: 0-n
Definition: The institution or person responsible for collecting, managing, distributing, or otherwise contributing to the development of the resource. To supply multiple contributors, repeat this property.
For software, if there is an alternate entity that “holds, archives, publishes, prints, distributes, releases, issues, or produces” the code, use the contributorType “HostingInstitution” for the code repository.
For instruments, if there is an institution responsible for the management of the instrument (for example, the legal owner, the operator, or an institute providing access to the instrument), use the contributorType “HostingInstitution” for the owner of the instrument.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Note: DataCite infrastructure supports up to 10,000 names. For name lists above that size, consider attribution via linking to the related metadata.
Examples: Charpy, Antoine; Foo Data Center
Sub-properties:
Example XML
<contributors>
<contributor contributorType="Data Collector">
<contributorName nameType="Personal">Garcia, Sofia</contributorName>
<givenName>Sofia</givenName>
<familyName>Garcia</familyName>
<nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0001-5727-2427</nameIdentifier>
<affiliation affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/03efmqc40" affiliationIdentifierScheme="ROR" schemeURI="https://ror.org">Arizona State University</affiliation>
</contributor>
<contributor contributorType="HostingInstitution">
<contributorName xml:lang="en" nameType="Organizational">California Digital Library</contributorName>
<nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://ror.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ROR">https://ror.org/03yrm5c26</nameIdentifier>
</contributor>
</contributors>
7.a contributorType
Occurrences: 1
Definition: The type of contributor of the resource.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
If Contributor is used, then contributorType is mandatory.
Controlled List Values:
See Appendix 1: Controlled List Definitions - contributorType for definitions.
7.1 contributorName
Occurrences: 1
Definition: The full name of the contributor.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
If Contributor is used, then contributorName is mandatory.
Examples: Patel, Emily; ABC Foundation
The personal name format should be: family, given. Non- roman names should be transliterated according to the ALA-LC schemas.
7.1.a nameType
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The type of name.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Controlled List Values:
Organizational
Personal
7.2 givenName
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The personal or first name of the contributor.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Examples based on the 7.1 names: Emily
7.3 familyName
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The surname or last name of the contributor.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Examples based on the 7.1 names: Patel
7.4 nameIdentifier
Occurrences: 0-n
Definition: Uniquely identifies an individual or legal entity, according to various schemes.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
The format is dependent upon scheme.
Examples:
7.4.a nameIdentifierScheme
Occurrences: 1
Definition: The name of the name identifier scheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
If nameIdentifier is used, nameIdentifierScheme is mandatory.
Examples:
ORCID
ISNI
ROR
7.4.b schemeURI
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The URI of the name identifier scheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Examples:
7.5 affiliation
Occurrences: 0-n
Definition: The organizational or institutional affiliation of the contributor.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints
Free text.
The contributor’s nameType may be Organizational or Personal. In the case of an organizational contributor, e.g., a research group, this will often be the name of the institution to which that organization belongs.
Examples:
German National Library of Science and Technology
DataCite
7.5.a affiliationIdentifier
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: Uniquely identifies the organizational affiliation of the contributor.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
The format is dependent upon scheme.
Examples:
7.5.b affiliationIdentifierScheme
Occurrences: 1
Definition: The name of the affiliation identifier scheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
If affiliationIdentifier is used, affiliationIdentifierScheme is mandatory.
Examples:
ROR
ISNI
7.5.c schemeURI
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: URI of the affiliation identifier scheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Examples: