Documentation of the DataCite Metadata Schema. For more information, examples and the XML Schema Definition please go to http://schema.datacite.org.
FIND, ACCESS, AND REUSE DATA
Resources
Here you can find documents detailing the vision, goals and strategy of DataCite, along with our founding statutes and governing principles. The Library will be updated with reports, white papers and other significant documents as they become available.
DataCite Statutes
Final, revised version (March 2014) of DataCite Statutes.
DataCite application for affliliated membership
Application form for organizations that would like to have an advisory function, take part in the working groups, and have the right to attend the general assembly.
DataCite application for membership
Application form for not-for-profit organisations who wish to allocate DOI names and use the Registration Agency of DataCite in their capacity as allocating agents.
DataCite Business Models Principles
The DataCite Business Models Principles describe some of the current best business practices and responsibilities for DataCite members and their clients. It will be reviewed at least yearly and may be updated more frequently if substantive changes are required.
The latest version of this document will always be available for download on our website.
DataCite Strategy 2013-2016
DataCite makes research better by enabling people to find, share, use and cite data. We are a leading global membership organization offering reliable persistent data identification. We engage stakeholders including researchers, scholars, data centers, libraries, publishers, and funders through advocacy, guidance, and services. From 2013 to 2016 DataCite will focus on five key objectives:
- Become a sustainable and reliable organization
- Become part of the global research infrastructure
- Nurture our membership & build strong communities
- Build and maintain services, guidelines, policies
- Deliver clear communications
MEMBERS
The task of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is to build the Australian Research Data Commons by creating...
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BIBSYS is an administrative agency set up and organized by the Ministry of Education and Research in Norway.
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CDL offers DataCite DOIs and other identifiers via the EZID service (ezid.cdlib.org), a service CDL developed to...
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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
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Funded by JISC, the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is the UK's leading hub of expertise in curating digital research...
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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich is one of the leading international universities for...
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The German National Library of Economics (ZBW) – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics is the world’s largest...
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The TIB is the German National Library for all areas of engineering as well as architecture, chemistry, information...
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As the university computing centre for the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, and as a computing and IT competence...
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GESIS is the largest infrastructure institution in Germany serving to promote scientific research in this field.
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The Göttingen State and University Library (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen or SUB...
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The Harvard Dataverse Network is a repository that is open to all scientific data, from all disciplines worldwide....
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The Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST-CNRS), a unit of the French National Center for...
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IEEE is the world's largest professional organization for the advancement of technology.
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An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations established in 1962,...
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Since its foundation in 1962 as the national institute for science and technology...
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The Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (the Hungarian abbreviation is MTA KIK) was...
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More than 1,000 scientists and engineers work across multiple research areas in research labs worldwide, making...
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The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) is Canada’s national science library and...
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OSTI provides access to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) R&D results published in various forms using web-based...
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The Purdue University Libraries system includes the divisions of Archives and Special Collections (ASC); Health and...
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Earth and environmental observation science is urgently required to bring more understanding and certainty about...
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The Swedish National Data Service (SND) is a national infrastructure for Swedish research within the humanities,...
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The Technical Information Center of Denmark is the library of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
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The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and a founding member of DataCite.
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The CRUI is the association of the Italian state and private universities.
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The "ZB MED (German National Library of Medicine) – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences" is Germany's main...
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The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) was inaugurated by the National Research Council Act B.E.2502 (1959...
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The TU Delft Library is the hub of knowledge for technical and scientific information and the largest technical-...
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The University of Tartu (UT) is the oldest research university in Estonia, established in 1632. Magazine Times...
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