On the occasion of the release of v4.4 of the DataCite Metadata Schema its Metadata Working Group has updated the mapping to Dublin Core. This replaces the mapping in the Appendix of the DataCite-MetadataKernel v2.1. The mapping can be used to convert records described following version 4.4 of the DataCite Metadata Schema into records that comply with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Schema.

The Earth System Data Branding (EASYDAB) was developed within the BMBF funded project AtMoDat. EASYDAB requires that the datasets have an open license, comply with the FAIR Data Principles, and were reviewed by the responsible repository for compliance with a quality guideline. Earth system research datasets published with a DataCite DOI that fulfil the EASYDAB quality requirements can be highlighted with an EASYDAB logo on the landing page. Using the EASYDAB label, repositories can indicate...

1 Introduction 1.1 The DataCite Consortium 1.2 DataCite Community Participation 1.3 The Metadata Schema 1.4 Version 4.4 Update 2 DataCite Metadata Properties 2.1 Overview 2.2 Citation 2.3 DataCite Properties 3 XML Example 4 XML Schema 5 Other DataCite Services Appendices Appendix 1: Controlled List Definitions Appendix 2: Earlier Version Update Notes Appendix 3: Standard values for unknown information Appendix 4: Version 4.1 Changes in support of software citation Appendix 5: FORCE11 Software Citation Principles Mapping