| Required | Repeatable |
|---|---|
| No | Yes |
Definition:
The spatial region where the data was collected or about which the data is focused.
Repeat this property to indicate several different locations.
Metadata fields:
Example DataCite XML
<geoLocations>
<geoLocation>
<geoLocationPlace>Disko Bay</geoLocationPlace>
<geoLocationPoint>
<pointLongitude>-52.000000</pointLongitude>
<pointLatitude>69.000000</pointLatitude>
</geoLocationPoint>
</geoLocation>
<geoLocation>
<geoLocationBox>
<westBoundLongitude>-123.27</westBoundLongitude>
<eastBoundLongitude>-123.225</eastBoundLongitude>
<southBoundLatitude>49.24</southBoundLatitude>
<northBoundLatitude>49.28</northBoundLatitude>
</geoLocationBox>
</geoLocation>
</geoLocations>Occurrences: 0-n
Input type: Text
Example input:
- University Hospital Geelong, Bellerine St, Geelong VIC 3220
- Whadjuk Noongar country
- Australia
- Western Australia
- City of Stirling, Western Australia
- An ABS SLA
Controlled vocabulary source: DUO - Data Use Ontology
Notes:
Geolocation is not autofilled in the DataCite metadata.
Tools that help with finding coordinates include https://www.latlong.net/, and for box coordinates, http://bboxfinder.com/ For box coordinates, you can use this tool.
DataCite 18 is human readable, and could use any number of sources. It is repeatable if you want to specify a number of Australian states without implying all states. That is to say, specify Western Australia, Tasmania, and South Australia rather than simply Australia.
Only one, if any, of 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 should be filled in.
Refer to pages 29-32 of DataCite Metadata Schema 4.4
Occurrences: 0-1
Input type: One set of coordinates
Example input: -30.675715,120.025587
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Decimal representation of longitude and latitude, negatives being south and west, positives being north and east.
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: 120.025587
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: -30.675715
Notes:
Occurrences: 0-1
Input type: Two sets of coordinates
Example input: -46.255847,101.661014 -9.524914,153.468537
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes: A box is defined by two geographic points. Left low corner and right upper corner. Each point is defined by its longitude and latitude.
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: 101.661014
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: 153.468537
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: -46.255847
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Number
Example input: -9.524914
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 0-1
Input type: Text
Example input:
- Vast, hilltop building housing Australia's parliament, opened in 1988, topped by an 81m-high flagpole.
- Traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people of Australia
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 0-n
Input type List of coordinates (at least three to draw a triangle)
Notes:
Occurrences: 4-n
Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
A polygon is delimited by geographic points. Each point is defined by a longitude latitude pair. The last point should be the same as the first point.
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
Occurrences: 0-1
*Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Notes:
inPolygonPoint is only necessary to indicate the "inside" of the polygon if the polygon is larger than half the earth. Otherwise the smallest of the two areas bounded by the polygon will be used.
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil
Occurrences: 1
Input type: Nil
Example input: Nil
Controlled vocabulary source: Nil