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Creator

Obligation: Mandatory

Occurrences: 1-n

Definition: The main researchers involved in producing the work in priority order. To supply multiple creators, repeat this property.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

May be a corporate/institutional or personal name.

Sub-properties:

Example XML

<creators>
    <creator>
        <creatorName nameType="Personal">Garcia, Sofia</creatorName>
        <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>
    </creator>
    <creator>
        <creatorName xml:lang="en" nameType="Organizational">California Digital Library</creatorName>
        <nameIdentifier schemeURI="https://ror.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ROR">https://ror.org/03yrm5c26</nameIdentifier>
    </creator>
</creators>

creatorName

Occurrences: 1

Definition: The full name of the creator.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Examples: Charpy, Antoine; Jemison, Mae; Foo Data Center

Note that the personal name format should be: family, given. Names in non-roman scripts may be transliterated according to the ALA-LC tables.

nameType

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The type of name.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Controlled List Values:

  • Organizational
  • Personal

givenName

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The personal or first name of the creator.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Examples based on the above names: Antoine; Mae

familyName

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The surname or last name of the creator.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Examples based on the above names: Charpy; Jemison

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:

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

schemeURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The URI of the name identifier scheme.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Examples:

affiliation

Occurrences: 0-n

Definition: The organizational or institutional affiliation of the creator.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Free text.

The creator’s nameType may be Organizational or Personal. In the case of an organizational creator, e.g., a research group, this will often be the name of the institution to which that organization belongs.

Examples:

  • University of Westminster
  • CoSector

affiliationIdentifier

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: Uniquely identifies the organizational affiliation of the creator.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

The format is dependent upon scheme.

Examples:

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

schemeURI

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The URI of the affiliation identifier scheme.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Examples:

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