Guide for Using Persistent Identifiers in ISO 19115-3 Metadata

The Community of Practice Guide provides practical guidance on representing persistent identifiers in ISO 19115-3 metadata records. It was developed by the NESP MaC Hub and ARDC through a co-funded project to standardize marine and coastal data. The guide includes encoding guidance, community conventions, and XML examples to support implementation.

Use Cases

• Encoding DOI identifiers in metadata records based on the provided guidance.
• Recording ORCID identifiers for researchers in dataset metadata based on the documented conventions.
• Implementing RAiD identifiers for research projects within ISO metadata based on the XML examples.
• Ensuring metadata consistency and interoperability for downstream harvesting based on the community conventions.

Strengths

• Provides specific guidance for four identifier types: DOI, ROR, ORCID, and RAiD.
• Includes XML examples to support implementation in ISO 19115-3 metadata records.
• Documents community conventions developed within the NESP MaC Hub to support consistency.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Developed through the NESP MaC Hub and ARDC co-funded project “Enhancing Discoverability and Impact: Standardising NESP Marine and Coastal Data with Persistent Identifiers”.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:46:14.147916; freshness should be verified.