Zenodo · Schema
Zenodo Record
Schema for a Zenodo record (published or draft) as returned by the REST API.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Unique record identifier (persistent identifier). |
| conceptdoi | string | Concept DOI representing all versions of the record. |
| doi | string | Version-specific DOI for this record. |
| pids | object | Persistent identifiers assigned to the record. |
| access | object | Access control settings for the record. |
| metadata | object | Descriptive metadata for the record. |
| files | object | File information for the record. |
| created | string | ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was created. |
| updated | string | ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was last modified. |
| revision_id | integer | Internal revision counter. |
| status | string | Publication status of the record. |
| links | object | Hypermedia links for the record. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"$id": "https://zenodo.org/schemas/record",
"title": "Zenodo Record",
"description": "Schema for a Zenodo record (published or draft) as returned by the REST API.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique record identifier (persistent identifier).",
"example": "10.5281/zenodo.1234567"
},
"conceptdoi": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Concept DOI representing all versions of the record.",
"example": "10.5281/zenodo.1234566"
},
"doi": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Version-specific DOI for this record.",
"example": "10.5281/zenodo.1234567"
},
"pids": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Persistent identifiers assigned to the record.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"identifier": { "type": "string" },
"provider": { "type": "string" },
"client": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"access": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Access control settings for the record.",
"properties": {
"record": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["public", "restricted"],
"description": "Visibility of the record metadata."
},
"files": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["public", "restricted"],
"description": "Visibility of the record files."
},
"embargo": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"active": { "type": "boolean" },
"until": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
"reason": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
},
"metadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Descriptive metadata for the record.",
"required": ["title", "publication_date", "resource_type", "creators"],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Title of the research output."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Abstract or description of the record."
},
"publication_date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"description": "Date of publication in ISO 8601 format."
},
"resource_type": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Resource type classification.",
"required": ["id"],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Vocabulary ID for the resource type.",
"examples": [
"dataset",
"software",
"publication-article",
"image-photo",
"presentation",
"poster"
]
},
"title": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Localised display title for the resource type.",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"creators": {
"type": "array",
"description": "List of creators/authors.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"person_or_org": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["personal", "organizational"]
},
"given_name": { "type": "string" },
"family_name": { "type": "string" },
"identifiers": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"scheme": { "type": "string" },
"identifier": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}
},
"affiliations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"name": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"role": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"title": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}
}
},
"contributors": {
"type": "array",
"description": "List of contributors (non-primary creators).",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/properties/metadata/properties/creators/items"
}
},
"subjects": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Subject terms or keywords.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"subject": { "type": "string" },
"scheme": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"keywords": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "Free-text keywords."
},
"languages": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Languages of the record content (ISO 639-3).",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"title": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Version string for the resource."
},
"rights": {
"type": "array",
"description": "License information.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"title": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
},
"description": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
},
"link": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
}
}
},
"related_identifiers": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Related resources (e.g. journal article, dataset, source code).",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"identifier": { "type": "string" },
"scheme": { "type": "string" },
"relation_type": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"title": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"resource_type": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}
},
"funding": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Funding information (grants and funders).",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"funder": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"name": { "type": "string" }
}
},
"award": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"number": { "type": "string" },
"title": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"files": {
"type": "object",
"description": "File information for the record.",
"properties": {
"enabled": { "type": "boolean" },
"order": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"created": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was created."
},
"updated": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was last modified."
},
"revision_id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Internal revision counter."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["draft", "published"],
"description": "Publication status of the record."
},
"links": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Hypermedia links for the record.",
"properties": {
"self": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"self_html": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"self_iiif_manifest": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"self_doi": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"doi": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"parent": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"parent_html": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"parent_doi": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"versions": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"draft": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"publish": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"files": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"latest": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"latest_html": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"access_links": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
}
}
}
}
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