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Citation of datasets and collections

Content Providers Guide
Contents
Introduction
Glossary
Understanding RIF-CS
Using RIF-CS
RIF-CS Elements
Concepts & classes
Overview
Collection
Party
Activity
Service
Descriptive metadata
Name
Identifiers
Location
Electronic address
Service Argument
Physical Address
Spatial Location
Related Object
Subject
Description
Coverage
Citation
Rights
Existence dates
Related Information
Qualifying Metadata
Date range
Language
Registry Object
Group
Key
Originating Source
Date modified
Date accessioned
RegistryObjects & RegistryObject

Meaning and purpose

Citation is the preferred form for citing a dataset or collection in a publication or other bibliographic environment. This element will enable the citation of datasets independently of any associated publications. Citation of datasets is expected to promote recognition of their value as research outputs as well as greater re-use.

This element stores information that can be used to create citations in software such as Endnote, Zotero and Mendeley. Export cannot be initiated from the Research Data Australia web page; instead, the user initiates the process from within their citation software, which then imports any information found in the citation element on the Research Data Australia page. See Release notes PDF (1.7MB) for more information.

If there is no information in the citation element, the citation software will not be able to import anything.

CitationInfo Type

Citation information can be provided in two ways:

  • fullCitation: describes a dataset citation in a single full text string
  • citationMetadata: describes a dataset citation split into component parts

Citation Style

If a full citation is provided, optionally citation style can also be specified, using the suggested vocabulary or local vocabulary term.

  • Harvard:
  • APA: American Psychological Association
  • MLA: Modern Language Association of America
  • Vancouver:
  • IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • CSE: Council of Science Editors
  • Chicago: Chicago Manual of Style
  • AMA: American Medical Association
  • AGPS-AGIMO: Australian Style Manual
  • AGLC: Australian Guide to Legal Citation
  • ACS: American Chemical Society
  • Datacite: International Data Citation

citationMetadata

 The following separate elements together make up citation metadata:

  • identifier: a string that identifies the dataset or collection being described
  • contributor: the name of a person that contributed to the dataset or collection
  • title: the name of the dataset or collection
  • edition: the edition or version of the dataset or collection
  • placePublished: the name of a location where the dataset or collection was published
  • publisher: the name of the entity that holds, archives, publishes, prints, distributes, releases, issues, or produces the resource. This property will be used to formulate the citation, so consider the prominence of the role.
    In the case of datasets, "publish" is understood to mean making the data available to the community of researchers. 
  • date: a date associated with the publication of the dataset or collection
  • url: the URL of the dataset or collection being described
  • context: contextual information such as a series title or database name for the dataset or collection being described

For obligation information see the RIF-CS Schema and Schema Guidelines. The components must be provided in the correct sequence.

CitationMetadata Identifier Type

A value that describes the kind of resource identifier provided as part of the citation. Local values may also be used.

  • ark: ARK Persistent Identifier Scheme
  • doi: Digital Object Identifier
  • ean13: International Article Number
  • eissn: electronic International Standard Serial Number
  • handle: HANDLE System Identifier
  • infouri: 'info' URI scheme
  • local: identifer unique within a local context
  • purl: Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
  • uri: Uniform Resource Identifier
  • issn: International Standard Serial Number
  • isbn: International Standard Book Number
  • istc: International Standard Text Code
  • lissn: linking ISSN (ISSN-L)
  • upc: Universal Product Code
  • urn: Uniform Resource Name

CitationMetadata Date Type

A value that describes the kind of date provided as part of the citation. Local values may also be used to describe the date.

  • publicationDate: the date when the data was or will be made publicly available.
  • available: the date the resource is made publicly available. May be a range, or indicate the end of an embargo period.
  • created: the date the resource itself was put together; this could be a date range or a single date for a final component, e.g. the finalised file with all of the data.
  • date: any relevant date not otherwise specified.
  • dateAccepted: the date that the publisher accepted the resource into their system.
  • dateSubmitted: the date the creator submits the resource to the publisher. This could be different from dateAccepted if the publisher then applies a selection process.
  • endPublicationDate: use when publicationDate is a range.
  • issued: the date that the resource is published or distributed e.g. to a data centre.
  • modified: the date of the last update to the resource, when the resource is being added to. (Equivalent to Datacite 'Updated').
  • startPublicationDate: use when publicationDate is a range.
  • valid: the date or date range during which the dataset or resources are accurate.

Use in Research Data Australia

Citation information will be displayed in Research Data Australia. As use of this information by citation software is externally driven from that software, no export functionality is shown in Research Data Australia. Where possible, identifiers will be displayed as resolvable URLs. More information about display of URLS.

RIF-CS best practice guidelines

Contributors included in the citation should be described in party records and linked to the collection record containing the citation.

If a collection or dataset has a persistent identifier such as a DOI (Digital Object Identifier name) this should be included in the <identifier> element within the citation. For more information about DOIs see the ANDS Guide The Digital Object Identifier System and DOI Names

As currently structured, this element and its associated vocabularies are based on an earlier version of the DataCite Metadata Kernel.

RIF-CS examples

Irino, T; Tada, R (2009): Chemical and mineral compositions of sediments from ODP Site 127-797. Geological Institute, University of Tokyo.doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.726855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726855

Full citation example:

    <citationInfo>
     <fullCitation>
       Irino, T; Tada, R (2009): Chemical and mineral compositions of sediments from ODP Site 127-797. Geological Institute, University of Tokyo. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.726855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726855
     </fullCitation>
    </citationInfo>

Citation split into component parts:

    <citationInfo>
     <citationMetadata>
      <identifier type="doi">doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.726855</identifier>
      <contributor seq="1">
         <namePart type="family">Irino</namePart>
         <namePart type="initial">T</namePart>
      </contributor>
      <contributor seq="2">
         <namePart type="family">Tada</namePart>
         <namePart type="initial">R</namePart>
      </contributor>
      <title>Chemical and mineral compositions of sediments from ODP Site 127-797</title>
      <edition>1</edition>
      <placePublished>Tokyo</placePublished>
      <publisher>Geological Institute, University of Tokyo</publisher>
      <date type="publicationDate">2009</date>
      <url>http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726855</url>
      <context>PANGAEA</context>
     </citationMetadata>
    </citationInfo>

Citation split into component parts:

    <citationInfo>
     <citationMetadata>
      <identifier type="local">CIT001</identifier>
      <contributor seq="1">
         <namePart type="family">Butler</namePart>
         <namePart type="initial">C</namePart>
      </contributor>
      <contributor seq="2">
         <namePart type="family">Stevenson</namePart>
         <namePart type="initial">R</namePart>
      </contributor>
      <title>Oral History 2</title>
      <edition>1st edition</edition>
      <placePublished>Houston, Texas</placePublished>
      <publisher>NASA Johnson Space Center</publisher>
      <date type="date">1999</date>
      <url>http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/oral_histories.htm</url>
      <context>Johnson Space Center Oral Histories Project</context>
     </citationMetadata>
    </citationInfo>

Date            
Change history
26 Oct 2010 First publication
24 Jan 2011 Corrected RIF-CS examples to reflect required sequence of elements; added link to Datacite examples page
13 July 2011
 Additional information about exporting citation information
21 July 2011 Removed link to now-deleted DataCite examples page
21 Nov 2011 Added information about new publisher element introduced with RIF-CS v1.3.0, amended examples to include publisher, added definitions for date vocabulary
29 Nov 2011 Added link to information about URL displays for identifiers
30 Nov 2011 Corrected date type in second RIF-CS example (was "year", now "date"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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