I am trying to deposit a XML file with the new schema 5.5.0 with an organization as an only author, but I have to face two challenges: there is any example of a organization as contributor (or I have not been able to find it) and the Crossref Metadata Quality Check(Parser) apparently does not detect well the Crossref 5.5.0 Schema.
I have tried to add role_type and vocab to follow the person example, but I could not do it, the only combination that worked for me is this structure
<contributors>
<organization contributor_role="author" language="ca" sequence="first">Svmma Revista de Cultures Medievals</organization>
</contributors>
I tried other structures in the Crossref Parser, but they give more errors than the two errors that it give me for all the Crossref schema 5.5. Maybe some other options I have tried could really work to activate a DOI although the Metadata Quality Check give additional errors.
Couls Crossref team or anybody who knows about this which is the correct way to deposit organization as authors in Crossref schema 5.5?
Thank you very uch for your attention.
For the context, I download the XML files from OJS 3.3 and then I manually modify them to add them all the nice things that OJS 3.3 still does not export well in the direct deposit from OJS (RORs, relationships, funding metadata and data citation).
Yes, I confirm your findings. I also created a test XML file based using the 5.5.0 schema and used a single organisation as the author. I also used the same organisation attributes you provided above. When submitted to the XML Parser, I also receive the same errors. However, a submission of the same XML to our production system, (on one of our test prefixes) was successful. I have escalated this issue to our developers for them to investigate. But, you should be able to deposit your files successfully in our production system. Please feel free to contact me at support@crossref.org if you would like me to double check or validate XML prior to uploading.
In regard to the attribute ‘contributor_role’, this applies to person_name where the element has been added in 5.5.0. So, when the attribute ‘contribute_role’ is deprecated, there will be a specific element within <person_name>.
I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to reach out if you run into submission errors or if you have more questions. I’ll post here again when I hear back from our team on the problem with the XML Parser.
Yes, Schema 5.5.0 supports using an Organization as the author where appropriate. This is useful for content that’s created or maintained by a company, editorial team, or brand rather than an individual. Just keep in mind that for topics requiring personal expertise (such as many health or medical articles), search engines generally prefer a real person as the visible author, with the organization listed as the publisher or associated entity to help demonstrate trust and credibility.
