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ScholarlyArticle DRAFT Profile

Version: 0.3-DRAFT (11 November 2022)


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Key to specification table

CD = Cardinality

Property Expected Type Description CD Controlled Vocabulary Example
Marginality: Minimum.
@context URL Used to provide the context (namespaces) for the JSON-LD file.
Not needed in other serialisations.
ONE
@type Text Schema.org/Bioschemas class for the resource declared using JSON-LD syntax. For other serialisations please use the appropriate mechanism.
While it is permissible to provide multiple types, it is preferred to use a single type.
MANY Schema.org, Bioschemas
@id IRI Used to distinguish the resource being described in JSON-LD. For other serialisations use the appropriate approach. ONE
dct:conformsTo IRI Used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The versioned URL of the profile must be used.
Note that we use a CURIE in the table here but the full URL for Dublin Core terms must be used in the markup (http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo), see example.
ONE Bioschemas profile versioned URL
identifier PropertyValue
Text
URL
Schema:

A global a unique identifier for scholarly articles such as DOI. Others such as PMID and PMC are also possible. Use the namespace:id format e.g. doi, pmid and pmc . Follow community recommendations for the namespace The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.


MANY
name Text
Schema:

Title of the article as per schema.org examples (headline is also offered as optional for compatibility purposes) The name of the item.


ONE
Marginality: Recommended.
abstract Text
Schema:

An abstract is a short description that summarizes a CreativeWork.


ONE
author Organization
Person
Schema:

The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.


MANY
citation CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.


MANY
dateCreated Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.


ONE
dateModified Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item’s entry was modified within a DataFeed.


MANY
datePublished Date
Schema:

Date of first broadcast/publication.


ONE
isPartOf Creativework
Periodical
PublicationIssue
URL
publicationvolume
Schema:

We recommend at least to inlcude a link to the most granular possible level, e.g., PublicationIssue if available. It is also possible to use ‘isPartOf’ to directly link to the PublicationVolume or the Journal (i.e. Periodical), making it easier to find links to each other. It can also be part of another type, e.g., Dataset, if needed. Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of. Inverse property: hasPart.


MANY
keywords DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Schema:

Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.


MANY
license CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.


ONE
publisher Organization
Person
Schema:

The publisher of the creative work.


MANY
sameAs URL
Schema:

Any other machine readable description of this article. URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item’s identity. E.g. the URL of the item’s Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.


MANY
url URL
Schema:

DOI if possible and any other available page displaying this article URL of the item.


MANY
Marginality: Optional.
about Thing
Schema:

SemanticTextAnnotations derived (manually or automatically) from the text of this article The subject matter of the content. Inverse property: subjectOf.


MANY
articleBody Text
Schema:

If included, could be separated in paragraphs or so. The actual body of the article.


MANY
correction CorrectionComment
Text
URL
Schema:

Indicates a correction to a CreativeWork, either via a CorrectionComment, textually or in another document.


MANY
editor Person
Schema:

Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.


MANY
funder Organization
Person
Schema:

A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.


ONE
headline Text
Schema:

Title of the article (offer for compatibility, while schema.org uses name for this purpose, some scholarly material repostitories/archives use headline) Headline of the article.


ONE
inLanguage Language
Text
Schema:

The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.


MANY
isAccessibleForFree Boolean
Schema:

A flag to signal that the item, event, or place is accessible for free. Supersedes free.


ONE
isBasedOn CreativeWork
Product
URL
Schema:

Link to any HTML other than the DOI one as well as to possible web services, such as PMC OAI service, providing machine-readable versions used to create this metadata. A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.


MANY
pageEnd Integer
Text
Schema:

The page on which the work ends; for example “138” or “xvi”.


ONE
pageStart Integer
Text
Schema:

The page on which the work starts; for example “135” or “xiii”.


ONE
pagination Text
Schema:

Any description of pages that is not separated into pageStart and pageEnd; for example, “1-6, 9, 55” or “10-12, 46-49”.


MANY
sameAs URL
Schema:

Any other machine readable description of this article. URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item’s identity. E.g. the URL of the item’s Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.


MANY