QDR Metadata Application Profile


This metadata schema is intended principally for developers and librarians. Researchers should consult the guidance on depositing data that QDR provides here.

QDR’s Metadata Application Profile defines the type of metadata QDR collects and their structure. It closely maps to Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) 2.5 (“Codebook”) as well as the Datacite Metadata Kernel. The Profile also maintains compatibility with the metadata used by Dataverse more broadly, ensuring that QDR’s holdings will be compatible with other Dataverse implementations. Fields are listed in order of appearance in the QDR catalog.

QDR Field DDI 2.5 Datacite 3.1 Required or Optional
DOI 2.1.1.5 IDNo Identifier with identifierType="DOI" R (automatic)
Title 2.1.1.1 titl Title R
Subtitle 2.1.1.1 subTitl Map to Title with titleType="Subtitle" O
Alternative Title 2.1.1.3 altTitl Map to Title with titleType="AlternativeTitle" O
QDR ID 2.1.1.5 IDNo   O (deprecated)
Identifier 2.1.1.5 IDNo alternateIdentifier O (deprecated)
Agency 2.1.1.5 IDNo (agency) alternateIdentifierType O (deprecated)
Creator 2.1.2.1 AuthEnty Creator R (prepopulated)
Name 2.1.2.1 AuthEnty creatorName R
Affiliation 2.1.2.1 AuthEnty (affiliation) affiliation O
ORCID ID N/A nameIdentifier O
Indentifier Scheme N/A nameIdentifierScheme O
Contact N/A Contributor R (prepopulated)
Contact Name 2.1.4.2 contact Map to contributorName with contributorType="ContactPerson" R (prepopulated)
Contact Affiliation 2.1.4.2 contact (affiliation) affiliation O
E-mail 2.1.4.2 contact (email)   R
Data Project Publisher 2.1.4.1 distrbtr Publisher R (automatic)
Publication Date 2.1.4.5 distDate (for export) publicationYear R (automatic)
Version 2.1.6.1 version Version R (automatic)
Version Date 2.1.6.1 version (date) Map to Date with dateType="Updated" R (automatic)
Description 2.2.2 abstract Map to Description with descriptionType="Abstract" R
Description Date 2.2.2 abstract (date)   O
Subject 2.2.1.1 keyword Subject R
Keyword 2.2.1.1 keyword Subject R
Keyword Vocabulary 2.2.1.1 keyword (vocab) subjectScheme O
Keyword Vocabulary URL 2.2.1.1 keyword (vocabURI) schemeURI O
Notes 2.6 notes Map to Description with descriptionType="Other" O
Language N/A Language R
Related Publication 2.5.3 relPubl   O
Publication Citation 2.5.3 relPubl   O
ID Type 2.5.3 relPubl Map to relatedIdentifierType with relationType="isReferencedBy" O
ID Number 2.5.3 relPubl RelatedIdentifier O
URL 2.5.3 relPubl   O
Producer 2.1.3.1 producer Contributor O
Name 2.1.3.1 producer Map to contributorName with contributorType=Producer O
Affilitation 2.1.3.1 producer (affiliation) affiliation O
Abbreviation 2.1.3.1 producer (affiliation)   O
URL 2.1.3.1 producer ExtLink (URI)   O
Logo URL 2.1.3.1 producer ExtLink (role)   O
Production Date 2.1.3.3 prodDate Map to Date with dateType=Created O
Production Place 2.1.3.4 prodPlac Geolocation O
Contributor N/A Contributor O
Type N/A contributorType O
Name If contributorType="Funder" then map contributorName to 2.1.3.6 fundAg contributorName O
Grant Information 2.1.3.7 grantNo Contributor O
Grant Number 2.1.3.7 grantNo   O
Grant Agency 2.1.3.7 grantNo (agency)   O
Distributor 2.1.4.1 distrbtr Contributor O
Name 2.1.4.1 distrbtr Map to contributorType="Distributor" with contributorName O
Affiliation 2.1.4.1 distrbtr (affiliation) affiliation O
Abbreviation 2.1.4.1 distrbtr (abbr)   O
URL 2.1.4.1 distrbtr ExtLink (URI)   O
Logo URL 2.1.4.1 distrbtr ExtLink (role)   O
Distribution Date 2.1.4.5 distDate (for import)   O
Depositor 2.1.4.3 depositr Map to Contributor with contributorType="Depositor" R
Deposit Date 2.1.4.4 depDate Map to Date with dateType="Submitted" R
Time Period Covered 2.2.3.1 timePrd   R
Start 2.2.3.1 timePrd (event="start")   R
End 2.2.3.1 timePrd (event="end")   R
Date of Collection 2.2.3.2 collDate Map dateOfCollectionStartDate with dataOfCollectionEnd with a / in between both values to Date AND include attribute dateType-"Collected" R
Start 2.2.3.2 collDate (event="start") See Date of Collection R
End 2.2.3.2 collDate (event="end") See Date of Collection R
Related Material 2.5.1 relMat   O
Related Data Projects 2.5.2 relStdy   O
Other References 2.5.4 othRefs   O
Type of Data Project 2.2.3.10 dataKind resourceType with attribute resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset" R
Series Name 2.1.5.1 serName   O
Series Information 2.1.5.2 serInfo Map to Description with descriptionType="SeriesDescription" O
Software Name 2.1.3.5 software   O
Software Version 2.1.3.5 software (version)   O
Data Sources 2.3.1.8.1 dataSrc   O
Origin of Sources 2.3.1.8.2 srcOrig   O
Characteristic of Sources Noted 2.3.1.8.3 srcChar   O
Documentation and Access to Sources 2.3.1.8.4 srcDocu   O
Country / Nation 2.2.3.3 nation Geolocation O
State / Province 2.2.3.4 geogCover Geolocation O
City 2.2.3.4 geogCover Geolocation O
Other 2.2.3.4 geogCover Geolocation O
Geographic Unit 2.2.3.5 geogUnit   O
Geographic Bounding Box 2.2.3.6 geoBndBox geoLocationBox include the following fields separated by a space: southLongitude westLongitude northLongitude eastLongitude' O
West Longitude 2.2.3.6.1 westBL   O
East Longitude 2.2.3.6.2 eastBL   O
North Latitude 2.2.3.6.4 northBL   O
South Latitude 2.2.3.6.3 southBL   O
       
Terms of Use      
Waiver 2.4.2 useStmt Rights O
Terms of Use 2.4.2 useStmt Rights R
Confidentiality Declaration 2.4.2.1 confDec   R
Special Permissions 2.4.2.2 specPerm   R
Restrictions 2.4.2.3 restrctn Rights R
Citation Requirements 2.4.2.5 citeReq   O
Depositor Requirements 2.4.2.6 deposReq   O
Conditions 2.4.2.7 conditions   O
Disclaimer 2.4.2.8 disclaimer   O
Data Availability      
Terms of Access 2.4 dataAccs   O
Data Access Place 2.4.4.1 accsPlac   O
Original Archive 2.4.4.2 origArch   O
Availability Status 2.4.4.3 avlStatus   O
Contact for Access 2.4.2.4 contact   O
Size of Collection 2.4.4.4 collSize Size O
Study Completion 2.4.4.5 complete   O