Metadata development plans

We’re expanding the metadata we support - our members will soon be able to include publication types in the citations they register, version metadata, and the CRediT taxonomy for contributor roles. We’ve received a lot of feedback recently on our plans and will commence work soon (details soon to come!).? We are also forming a working group focused on multilingual and language metadata with goals to do a deep analysis into the current state of Crossref language support and adoption, issue community-led best practice guidelines, and generate momentum for encouraging language tagging adoption - Learn more.

Metadata Matching

Director of Data Science, Dominika Tkaczyk, has been doing a lot of work with matching. At Crossref, we match references to DOIs, preprints to journal articles, and working towards more types of matches. In the latest installment in a blog series on matching, Dominika and Adam Buttrick of ROR dig into some metadata matching myths.

Best practices in open metadata

We recently relaunched Participation Reports, which give members a view into their participation in providing key metadata elements within the metadata records registered with Crossref. The reports help promote open metadata best practices and participation in a more complete scholarly record. Read more.??

Metadata health check webinars

Are you curious about the quality of the metadata you’re depositing with Crossref? Join our hands-on session to learn how to use the Participation Reports tool to assess the quality of your metadata with Crossref. We’ll show you why good metadata matters and provide help on improving your metadata completeness and quality. Good metadata makes your content easier to find and use. Register here.