Enum: DataCiteContributorType
Types of contributors to research resources from DataCite 4.6.
These describe organizational and functional roles rather than
specific contribution activities (see CRediT/ResearchRole for those).
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URI: valuesets:DataCiteContributorType
Permissible Values
| Value | Title | Meaning | Description | Exact Mappings | Close Mappings | Added Version | Category | Examples | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTACT_PERSON | Contact Person | DataCite:ContactPerson | Person with knowledge of how to access, troubleshoot, or | ||||||
| otherwise field issues related to the resource. | |||||||||
| support | |||||||||
| DATA_COLLECTOR | Data Collector | DataCite:DataCollector | Person or institution responsible for finding, gathering, or | ||||||
| collecting data under the guidelines of the author(s) or | |||||||||
| Principal Investigator (PI). | |||||||||
| CRediT:investigation | data_work | ||||||||
| DATA_CURATOR | Data Curator | DataCite:DataCurator | Person tasked with reviewing, enhancing, cleaning, or standardizing | ||||||
| metadata and the associated data submitted for storage, use, and | |||||||||
| maintenance within a repository. | |||||||||
| CRediT:data-curation | data_work | ||||||||
| DATA_MANAGER | Data Manager | DataCite:DataManager | Person or organization responsible for maintaining the finished | ||||||
| resource, including data quality, access permissions, and | |||||||||
| long-term availability. | |||||||||
| CRediT:data-curation | data_work | ||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR | DataCite:Distributor | Institution tasked with responsibility to generate or disseminate | |||||||
| copies of the resource in either electronic or print form. | |||||||||
| marcrel:dst | dissemination | ||||||||
| EDITOR | DataCite:Editor | A person who oversees the details related to the publication | |||||||
| format of the resource. | |||||||||
| marcrel:edt | CRediT:writing-review-editing | editorial | |||||||
| HOSTING_INSTITUTION | Hosting Institution | DataCite:HostingInstitution | Typically, the organization allowing the resource to be available | ||||||
| on the internet through the provision of its hardware, software, | |||||||||
| or operating support. | |||||||||
| infrastructure | |||||||||
| PRODUCER | DataCite:Producer | Person or organization responsible for the artistic and technical | |||||||
| aspects of a resource, typically in audiovisual or media contexts. | |||||||||
| marcrel:pro | production | ||||||||
| PROJECT_LEADER | Project Leader | DataCite:ProjectLeader | Person officially designated as head of a project team or | ||||||
| sub-project team instrumental in the work necessary to the | |||||||||
| development of the resource. | |||||||||
| NCIT:C19924 | CRediT:project-administration | leadership | |||||||
| PROJECT_MANAGER | Project Manager | DataCite:ProjectManager | Person officially designated as manager of a project, responsible | ||||||
| for day-to-day management activities. | |||||||||
| CRediT:project-administration | leadership | ||||||||
| PROJECT_MEMBER | Project Member | DataCite:ProjectMember | Person on the membership list of a designated project or | ||||||
| project team. | |||||||||
| team | |||||||||
| REGISTRATION_AGENCY | Registration Agency | DataCite:RegistrationAgency | Institution or organization officially appointed by a Registration | ||||||
| Authority to handle specific tasks within a defined area of | |||||||||
| responsibility. | |||||||||
| governance | DataCite member organizations | ||||||||
| REGISTRATION_AUTHORITY | Registration Authority | DataCite:RegistrationAuthority | A standards-setting body from which Registration Agencies obtain | ||||||
| their official recognition and guidance. | |||||||||
| governance | International DOI Foundation | ||||||||
| RELATED_PERSON | Related Person | DataCite:RelatedPerson | A person without a specifically defined role in the development | ||||||
| of the resource, but who is someone the author wishes to recognize. | |||||||||
| acknowledgment | |||||||||
| RESEARCHER | DataCite:Researcher | A person involved in analyzing data or the results of an | |||||||
| experiment or formal study. | |||||||||
| NCIT:C25741 | CRediT:formal-analysis, CRediT:investigation | research | |||||||
| RESEARCH_GROUP | Research Group | DataCite:ResearchGroup | A group of individuals with a common research focus, typically | ||||||
| within a lab, department, or division. | |||||||||
| team | |||||||||
| RIGHTS_HOLDER | Rights Holder | DataCite:RightsHolder | Person or institution owning or managing property rights, | ||||||
| including intellectual property rights, over the resource. | |||||||||
| marcrel:own, NCIT:C54131 | legal | ||||||||
| SPONSOR | DataCite:Sponsor | Person or organization that issued a contract or under the | |||||||
| auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, | |||||||||
| developed, etc. | |||||||||
| marcrel:spn | CRediT:funding-acquisition | funding | |||||||
| SUPERVISOR | DataCite:Supervisor | Designated administrator overseeing one or more groups or teams | |||||||
| working to produce the resource. | |||||||||
| marcrel:ths | CRediT:supervision | leadership | |||||||
| TRANSLATOR | DataCite:Translator | Person, organization, or automated system responsible for | |||||||
| rendering the content of a resource from one language into | |||||||||
| another. | |||||||||
| marcrel:trl | 4.6 | translation | |||||||
| WORK_PACKAGE_LEADER | Work Package Leader | DataCite:WorkPackageLeader | A Work Package is a recognized data product, and the Work Package | ||||||
| Leader ensures the comprehensive contents, availability, and | |||||||||
| quality of the work package. | |||||||||
| leadership | |||||||||
| OTHER | DataCite:Other | Any person or institution making a significant contribution not | |||||||
| covered by other contributor type values. | |||||||||
| Should be accompanied by free-text description |
Slots
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| datacite_contributor_type | The type of contributor from the DataCite vocabulary |
See Also
- https://datacite-metadata-schema.readthedocs.io/en/4.6/appendices/appendix-1/contributorType/
- https://credit.niso.org/
Identifier and Mapping Information
Schema Source
- from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
LinkML Source
name: DataCiteContributorType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: 'Types of contributors to research resources from DataCite 4.6.
These describe organizational and functional roles rather than
specific contribution activities (see CRediT/ResearchRole for those).
'
title: DataCite Contributor Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
see_also:
- https://datacite-metadata-schema.readthedocs.io/en/4.6/appendices/appendix-1/contributorType/
- https://credit.niso.org/
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
CONTACT_PERSON:
text: CONTACT_PERSON
description: 'Person with knowledge of how to access, troubleshoot, or
otherwise field issues related to the resource.
'
meaning: DataCite:ContactPerson
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: support
title: Contact Person
DATA_COLLECTOR:
text: DATA_COLLECTOR
description: 'Person or institution responsible for finding, gathering, or
collecting data under the guidelines of the author(s) or
Principal Investigator (PI).
'
meaning: DataCite:DataCollector
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: data_work
title: Data Collector
close_mappings:
- CRediT:investigation
DATA_CURATOR:
text: DATA_CURATOR
description: 'Person tasked with reviewing, enhancing, cleaning, or standardizing
metadata and the associated data submitted for storage, use, and
maintenance within a repository.
'
meaning: DataCite:DataCurator
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: data_work
title: Data Curator
close_mappings:
- CRediT:data-curation
DATA_MANAGER:
text: DATA_MANAGER
description: 'Person or organization responsible for maintaining the finished
resource, including data quality, access permissions, and
long-term availability.
'
meaning: DataCite:DataManager
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: data_work
title: Data Manager
close_mappings:
- CRediT:data-curation
DISTRIBUTOR:
text: DISTRIBUTOR
description: 'Institution tasked with responsibility to generate or disseminate
copies of the resource in either electronic or print form.
'
meaning: DataCite:Distributor
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: dissemination
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:dst
EDITOR:
text: EDITOR
description: 'A person who oversees the details related to the publication
format of the resource.
'
meaning: DataCite:Editor
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: editorial
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:edt
close_mappings:
- CRediT:writing-review-editing
HOSTING_INSTITUTION:
text: HOSTING_INSTITUTION
description: 'Typically, the organization allowing the resource to be available
on the internet through the provision of its hardware, software,
or operating support.
'
meaning: DataCite:HostingInstitution
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: infrastructure
title: Hosting Institution
PRODUCER:
text: PRODUCER
description: 'Person or organization responsible for the artistic and technical
aspects of a resource, typically in audiovisual or media contexts.
'
meaning: DataCite:Producer
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: production
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:pro
PROJECT_LEADER:
text: PROJECT_LEADER
description: 'Person officially designated as head of a project team or
sub-project team instrumental in the work necessary to the
development of the resource.
'
meaning: DataCite:ProjectLeader
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: leadership
title: Project Leader
aliases:
- Principal Investigator
- PI
exact_mappings:
- NCIT:C19924
close_mappings:
- CRediT:project-administration
PROJECT_MANAGER:
text: PROJECT_MANAGER
description: 'Person officially designated as manager of a project, responsible
for day-to-day management activities.
'
meaning: DataCite:ProjectManager
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: leadership
title: Project Manager
close_mappings:
- CRediT:project-administration
PROJECT_MEMBER:
text: PROJECT_MEMBER
description: 'Person on the membership list of a designated project or
project team.
'
meaning: DataCite:ProjectMember
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: team
title: Project Member
REGISTRATION_AGENCY:
text: REGISTRATION_AGENCY
description: 'Institution or organization officially appointed by a Registration
Authority to handle specific tasks within a defined area of
responsibility.
'
meaning: DataCite:RegistrationAgency
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: governance
examples:
tag: examples
value: DataCite member organizations
title: Registration Agency
REGISTRATION_AUTHORITY:
text: REGISTRATION_AUTHORITY
description: 'A standards-setting body from which Registration Agencies obtain
their official recognition and guidance.
'
meaning: DataCite:RegistrationAuthority
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: governance
examples:
tag: examples
value: International DOI Foundation
title: Registration Authority
RELATED_PERSON:
text: RELATED_PERSON
description: 'A person without a specifically defined role in the development
of the resource, but who is someone the author wishes to recognize.
'
meaning: DataCite:RelatedPerson
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: acknowledgment
title: Related Person
RESEARCHER:
text: RESEARCHER
description: 'A person involved in analyzing data or the results of an
experiment or formal study.
'
meaning: DataCite:Researcher
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: research
exact_mappings:
- NCIT:C25741
close_mappings:
- CRediT:formal-analysis
- CRediT:investigation
RESEARCH_GROUP:
text: RESEARCH_GROUP
description: 'A group of individuals with a common research focus, typically
within a lab, department, or division.
'
meaning: DataCite:ResearchGroup
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: team
title: Research Group
RIGHTS_HOLDER:
text: RIGHTS_HOLDER
description: 'Person or institution owning or managing property rights,
including intellectual property rights, over the resource.
'
meaning: DataCite:RightsHolder
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: legal
title: Rights Holder
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:own
- NCIT:C54131
SPONSOR:
text: SPONSOR
description: 'Person or organization that issued a contract or under the
auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published,
developed, etc.
'
meaning: DataCite:Sponsor
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: funding
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:spn
close_mappings:
- CRediT:funding-acquisition
SUPERVISOR:
text: SUPERVISOR
description: 'Designated administrator overseeing one or more groups or teams
working to produce the resource.
'
meaning: DataCite:Supervisor
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: leadership
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:ths
close_mappings:
- CRediT:supervision
TRANSLATOR:
text: TRANSLATOR
description: 'Person, organization, or automated system responsible for
rendering the content of a resource from one language into
another.
'
meaning: DataCite:Translator
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: translation
added_version:
tag: added_version
value: '4.6'
exact_mappings:
- marcrel:trl
WORK_PACKAGE_LEADER:
text: WORK_PACKAGE_LEADER
description: 'A Work Package is a recognized data product, and the Work Package
Leader ensures the comprehensive contents, availability, and
quality of the work package.
'
meaning: DataCite:WorkPackageLeader
annotations:
category:
tag: category
value: leadership
title: Work Package Leader
OTHER:
text: OTHER
description: 'Any person or institution making a significant contribution not
covered by other contributor type values.
'
meaning: DataCite:Other
annotations:
note:
tag: note
value: Should be accompanied by free-text description