DataCite Schema v4.3: question about contributorName element and xml:lang attribute?

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Dear @ll,

I've a question regarding the section of <contributors> and the xml:lang attribute. Our university have german and english notation and could I use

    <contributors>
        <contributor contributorType="HostingInstitution">
            <contributorName xml:lang="en">Bielefeld University</contributorName>
            <contributorName xml:lang="de">Universität Bielefeld</contributorName>
        </contributor>
    </contributors>

or like page 19 of https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/doc/DataCite-MetadataKernel_v4.3.pdf shoud it be:

    <contributors>
        <contributor contributorType="HostingInstitution">
            <contributorName xml:lang="en">Bielefeld University</contributorName>
        </contributor>
        <contributor contributorType="HostingInstitution">
            <contributorName xml:lang="de">Universität Bielefeld</contributorName>
        </contributor>
    </contributors>

Which of the two snippets can/must I use? If this is unique.

Thanks in advance, Andreas

[andreas....@uni-bielefeld.de]

Dear all,

it doesn't look very active here right now.

Best regards, Andreas

[julian...@g.harvard.edu]

Hi Andreas,

It's been a while since you posted this, but I thought I'd try to answer (though I don't work for DataCite).

When I try to validate DataCite XML using the first snippet, I get an error. When I try the second snippet, I get no errors. (I use https://www.freeformatter.com/xml-validator-xsd.html to validate XML.)

It looks like the schema wants only one <contributorName> property under each <contributor> property.

Best,

Julian

Julian Gautier

Product Research Specialist, IQSS