This repository holds the official metadata schemas from DataCite as required by the DataCite Metadata Store.
It contains the schemas itself along with examples and documentation. There is also a small maven project to test the schemas for consistency.
If you have any comments or questions regarding the schema please post them in our Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/datacite-metadata
Each schema has its own folder under /www/meta
e.g. /www/meta/kernel-2.0/. This directory is allowed to contain
only one xsd. The directory structure is as follow:
/www/meta/{schema-name}/{filename}.xsd root xsd
/www/meta/{schema-name}/include/ referenced xsd's
/www/meta/{schema-name}/example/ example xml files
/www/meta/{schema-name}/doc/ documentation (pdf's)
The /www directory will be published (as root) at http://schema.datacite.org, e.g.
http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-2.0/metadata.xsd
There are tests to check the directory structure, existence of examples, validity of the schemas, and validity of the examples.
You can execute the tests via
mvn test