name_entities

The table name_entities is to hold Personal/Organizational names. The table is always used with tables record_creators, record_contributors, and name_entity_identifiers to store profile of the creator/contributor.

term conventions

Mandatory (M)

The property must always be present in the metadata. An empty value for the property is not allowed.

Mandatory if Applicable (MA)

When the property value can be obtained it must be present.

Recommended (R)

The use of the property is recommended.

Optional (O)

It is not important whether the property is used or not, but if used it may provide complementary information about the resource

schema references

datacite: https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.4/

name_type (M)

datacite:nameType

Allowed value

  • Personal (default)

  • Orgnizational

Usage

  • The column full_name, family_name and given_name need to be populated if name_type is Personal.

  • Only the column full_name need to be populated if name_type is set to Orgnizational.