Fairspec DataCite

Updated May 9, 2026

Authors	Evgeny Karev
Profile	https://fairspec.org/profiles/latest/datacite/dataset.json

Fairspec DataCite is a Fairspec Dataset extension that requires the use of the DataCite's required properties.

Language

The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

Descriptor

A Fairspec Dataset is a JSON resource that MUST be an object compatible with the Dataset structure outlined below.

Dataset

A top-level descriptor object describing an individual dataset. It MAY have the Fairspec Dataset properties and MUST have the following properties:

• $schema = https://fairspec.org/profiles/<version>/datacite/dataset.json
• doi
• creators
• titles
• publisher
• publicationYear
• resourceType