Hi there
Our Metadata Manager service will be sunset at the end of this year (2025). You can find out more about this change here:
You might find our new Record Registration Form a useful alternative to Metadata Manager - you can find out more about this here:
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Sal
Dear Sally,
I would like clarification regarding the change to the DOI registration form.
Currently, we register by uploading an XML file. From January 2026 onwards, will it still be possible to register in this way?
Sincerely,
Adriano Andrade
Federal University of Pernambuco
Hi Adriano,
Thanks for your message.
If you register your DOIs by uploading an XML file, you can keep doing that. The process won’t change. It will remain the same.
My only suggestion is that you may want to check out our latest XML schema (Version 5.4.0) . We have also released an example of XML for journal articles under this schema version, which could be helpful for you:
https://gitlab.com/crossref/schema/-/blob/master/best-practice-examples/journal.article5.4.0.xml
If you have any additional questions, please let us know.
Best,
Arley Soto
Technical Support Contractor
Crossref
@CrossrefSupport
Hello @ufpebr ,
Like Arley explained, there are no changes for members who are uploading their own XML file. As a reminder, you may follow these steps if you are producing your own Crossref-formatted XML:
If you generate your own XML files (or export them from OJS), you can deposit these using the deposit admin tool.
Log in with your Crossref account credentials
Go to Submissions
Click Upload
Click Browse to locate the file you are uploading
Select the file type:
Click Upload.
The uploaded file will be added to the system submission queue. We’ll email submission reports and query results to the email address you specified in the uploaded file.
-Isaac
More on this in our documentation: Upload XML files using our admin tool - Crossref
السلام عليكم
يظهر هذا الخطأ عند تحميل ملف xml
<doi_batch_diagnostic status=“completed” sp=“ip-10-4-0-83.ec2.internal”>
<submission_id>1726340800</submission_id>
<batch_id>_1766345151</batch_id>
<record_diagnostic status=“فشل” msg_id=“29”>
ملف XML المُودَع غير سليم البنية أو لا يستوفي شروط التحقق: خطأ في السطر 4: تعليمات المعالجة التي تطابق “[xX][mM][lL]” غير مسموح بها.
</record_diagnostic>
<batch_data>
<record_count>1</record_count>
<success_count>0</success_count>
<warning_count>0</warning_count>
<failure_count>1</failure_count>
</batch_data>
</doi_batch_diagnostic>
في خميس، 4 ديسمبر، 2025 في 12:03 ص، كتب Isaac Farley via Crossref Community Forum <notifications@crossref.discoursemail.com>:
“هل يمكنكم مشاركة المواصفات الدقيقة المطلوبة لملفات XML؟ خصوصاً فيما يتعلق بموضع إعلان XML وترميز الملفات؟”
في أحد، 21 ديسمبر، 2025 في 9:47 م، كتب RWAIDA ALJADI <rwaida.aljadi@uob.edu.ly>:
Hello @rwaida ,
Thanks for following up. Unfortunately, the XML submitted via submission ID 1726340800 was not properly formatted. I have corrected that formatting (corrected XML file attached to this message) and resubmitted your XML. The metadata has been updated successfully in submission https://doi.crossref.org/servlet/submissionAdmin?sf=detail&submissionID=1727818567.
Warm regards,
Isaac
XMLfail_CommunityForum_Dec2025.xml (117.9 KB)
Dear Crossref Support Team,
Greetings from Rapid Journals International Publications.
We kindly write to request assistance with the recovery of our Crossref login details, as we are currently unable to access our account due to forgotten login credentials and password. We would appreciate your guidance on how to reset or retrieve the account access information associated with our organization.
Additionally, we respectfully request that you issue the billing invoice/fee details for the first quarter of 2026 to enable us to proceed with timely payment and maintain our registration and services with Crossref.
Thank you for your continued support and cooperation. We look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
Rapid Journals International Publications
Management Team
هل معنى ذلك يمكني تصدير ملف xml من نظام ojs بدون مشاكل
في سبت، 3 يناير، 2026 في 8:37 م، كتب ogidisamuel96 via Crossref Community Forum <notifications@crossref.discoursemail.com>:
السلام عليكم مازلت نفس المشكلة في المجلة الاخرى
في أحد، 4 يناير، 2026 في 12:47 ص، كتب RWAIDA ALJADI <rwaida.aljadi@uob.edu.ly>:
Dear @rawa it seems, your XML file in incorrectly formatted. Can you please provide more info here for us to understand?
نعم، يمكن تصدير ملف XML من نظام OJS بدون أي مشاكل، بشرط استخدام النظام بالطريقة الصحيحة.
عند تفعيل إضافة Crossref (Export/Registration Plugin) داخل OJS، يقوم النظام بإنشاء ملف XML صحيح ومتوافق مع Crossref، ويبدأ دائماً بالوسم <doi_batch>. يكون هذا الملف جاهزاً للإيداع مباشرة من دون أي تعديل يدوي.
تظهر المشاكل عادةً في الحالات التالية:
عند استخدام OJS مع إضافة Crossref بشكل صحيح، يتم تصدير ملف XML بطريقة آمنة ولا يؤدي إلى هذا النوع من الأخطاء.
إذا رغبت، يمكنك توضيح:
وسيساعدنا ذلك على إرشادك بدقة أكبر.
يمكنك دائمًا استخدام Crossref Form إذا واجهت صعوبة في استخدام الإضافة الخاصة بك.
What kind of problems/errors are you encountering? Can you send me an example error message or submission ID from our system?
-Isaac
Hello, I am sending you the XML file generated by the ojs system.
And he who refuses to deposit in crossref
I want to know the problem because I have 16 journals on the ojs system and I don’t want to automatically submit the article. There is a problem with automatic submission; it’s not possible, and there is no option to submit the issue’s specific content.
في اثنين، 5 يناير، 2026 في 7:04 م، كتب Isaac Farley via Crossref Community Forum <notifications@crossref.discoursemail.com>:
crossref-20260104-074622-articles-48.xml (42.5 KB)
Ok Dear, so what it the problem?
في أربعاء، 7 يناير، 2026 في 7:49 ص، كتب Valentyn
This is the problem when uploading an XML file from the OJS system.
Shapovalov (Scientific Research Establishment of Innovations for Future LLC) <notifications@crossref.discoursemail.com>:
Could this be taken off the Crossref general listserv and be a tech support question between only those involved? I keep getting every response. This isn’t an appropriate use of the listserv, right? Thank you!
Amy
Amy Christian
Managing Editor, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Open access as a community-supported journal
JAFSCD is published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action, a nonprofit affiliate of Cornell University.
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Hi @lysoncenter ,
This is an appropriate use of the Community Forum. I’m sorry that you’re getting unwanted notifications about these posts, but this is a reasonable place for @rwaida and anyone else in the community to ask and answer these questions.
If you’d like to mute these messages, you may do so by clicking on the bell next to the thread, like this:
Thank you,
Isaac
