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Kornelia Korzec
2023 March 14

Shooting for the stars – ASM’s journey towards complete metadata

At Crossref, we care a lot about the completeness and quality of metadata. Gathering robust metadata from across the global network of scholarly communication is essential for effective co-creation of the research nexus and making the inner workings of academia traceable and transparent. We invest time in community initiatives such as Metadata 20/20 and Better Together webinars. We encourage members to take time to look up their participation reports, and our team can support you if you’re looking to understand and improve any aspects of metadata coverage of your content.

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Jennifer Kemp
2023 February 28

In the know on workflows: The metadata user working group

What’s in the metadata matters because it is So.Heavily.Used. You might be tired of hearing me say it but that doesn’t make it any less true. Our open APIs now see over 1 billion queries per month. The metadata is ingested, displayed and redistributed by a vast, global array of systems and services that in whole or in part are often designed to point users to relevant content. It’s also heavily used by researchers, who author the content that is described in the metadata they analyze.

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Mohamad Mostafa
2023 February 27

Perspectives: Mohamad Mostafa on scholarly communications in UAE

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Our Perspectives blog series highlights different members of our diverse, global community at Crossref. We learn more about their lives and how they came to know and work with us, and we hear insights about the scholarly research landscape in their country, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future.

تسلط سلسلة مدونة توقعات - وجهات نظر الخاصة بنا الضوء على أعضاء مختلفين من مجتمعنا العالمي المتنوع في كروس رف .نتعلم المزيد عن حياتهم وكيف تعرفوا وعملوا معنا، ونسمع رؤى حول مشهد البحث العلمي في بلدهم، والتحديات التي يواجهونها، وخططهم للمستقبل.

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Dominika Tkaczyk
2023 February 22

The more the merrier, or how more registered grants means more relationships with outputs

One of the main motivators for funders registering grants with Crossref is to simplify the process of research reporting with more automatic matching of research outputs to specific awards. In March 2022, we developed a simple approach for linking grants to research outputs and analysed how many such relationships could be established. In January 2023, we repeated this analysis to see how the situation changed within ten months. Interested? Read on!

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Example XML metadata

Here are some example XML files to help you get started with Content Registration.

Books

Type Version Input Output
Book / monograph 5.3.0 XML JSON (book)
JSON (chapter)
Book / monograph 4.8.0 XML
Book series 5.3.0 XML JSON (series)
JSON (book)
JSON (chapter)
Book set 5.3.0 XML JSON (set)
JSON (book)
JSON (chapter)

Conference Proceedings

Type Version Input Output
Single proceeding with papers 5.3.0 XML JSON (proceeding)
JSON (paper)
Single proceeding with papers 4.8.0 XML JSON (proceeding)
JSON (paper)
Conference proceeding series 5.3.0 XML JSON (series)
JSON (proceeding)
JSON (paper)
Conference proceeding series 4.8.0 XML JSON (series)
JSON (proceeding)
JSON (paper)

Components

Type Version Input Output
Component 5.3.0 XML JSON
Component 4.8.0 XML JSON

Datasets

Type Version Input Output
Dataset 5.3.0 XML JSON (database)
JSON (dataset)

Dissertations

Type Version Input Output
Dissertation 5.3.0 XML JSON
Dissertation 4.8.0 XML JSON

Grants

Type Version Input Output
Grant 0.1.1 XML

Journals

Type Version Input Output
Journal with articles 5.3.0 XML JSON (journal title)
JSON (article)
Journal with articles 4.8.0 XML JSON (journal title)
JSON (article)
Article with translation 4.8.0 XML JSON
Journal title, volume, issue 5.3.0 XML JSON (journal title)
JSON (volume)
JSON (issue)
Journal title 4.8.0 XML JSON

Peer reviews

Type Version Input Output
Peer review 5.3.0 XML JSON

Posted content (includes preprints)

Type Version Input Output
Posted content 5.3.0 XML JSON
Posted content 4.8.0 XML JSON

Reports and working papers

Type Version Input Output
Report 5.3.0 XML JSON

Standards

Type Version Input Output
Standard 5.3.0 XML JSON

Resource Examples

Some metadata segments can be added to an existing record using resource XML.

Type Version Input
Clinical trial 4.4.2 XML
Crossmark 4.4.2 XML
Funding 4.4.2 XML
License and full text URL 4.4.2 XML
Multiple resolution secondary URLs w/unlock flag 4.4.2 XML
Multiple resolution secondary URLs only 4.4.2 XML
Multiple resolution unlock only 4.4.2 XML
References 4.4.2 XML
Relationships 4.4.2 XML
Similarity Check URLs 4.4.2 XML

Please consult other users on our forum community.crossref.org or open a ticket with our technical support specialists if you have any questions.

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