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: