Person

Description

A human being as an individual. Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/person The kind of involvement of a Person in the research ecosystem is specified in the links with the organisations, the services, etc. This typically includes: (1) researchers (Persons performing research in an Organisation Unit as employees or students); (2) authors and contributors (Persons signing a publication, creators of data sets, software developers, etc.); (3) investigators and project participants (Persons involved in a Project as principal investigators, co investigators, project managers, consultants, etc.); (4) management (directors, rectors, deans, department heads, etc.); (5) support staffs (technicians, responsible for Equipment, librarians and digital asset curators, administrative staff, etc.). One Person typically has many of these relationships.

Examples

openaire_cerif_xml_example_persons.xml

Representation

XML element Person; the rest of this section documents children of this element

CERIF

the Person entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person)

Internal Identifier

Use

mandatory (1) in top level entity. When embedded in other entities the Internal Identifier must be included only for managed information (i.e. entities that have a concrete record in the local CRIS system). See Metadata representation in CERIF XML

Representation

XML attribute id

CERIF

the PersonIdentifier attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person.PersonIdentifier)

PersonName

Description

The name of the person

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element PersonName containing optional FamilyNames, optional FirstNames and optional OtherNames

CERIF

the PersonName entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#PersonName) and the corresponding link (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person_PersonName)

FamilyNames

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element FamilyNames

CERIF

the PersonName.FamilyNames attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#PersonName.FamilyNames)

FirstNames

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element FirstNames

CERIF

the PersonName.FirstNames attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#PersonName.FirstNames)

OtherNames

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element OtherNames

CERIF

the PersonName.OtherNames attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#PersonName.OtherNames)

Gender

Description

The gender of the person. Leave out in case the gender is unknown or not communicated.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element Gender

CERIF

the Person.Gender attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person.Gender)

Vocabulary

Genders (sociocultural, not linguistic)

  • Masculine (m):

  • Feminine (f):

ORCID

Description

The ORCID identifier in case its value is certain or known to be a preferred one.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element ORCID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression https://orcid\.org/0000-000(1-[5-9]|2-[0-9]|3-[0-4])[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}[0-9X] (as per https://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/116780-structure-of-the-orcid-identifier)

AlternativeORCID

Description

The ORCID identifiers in case the value is not certain, e.g. because there is a conflicting statement with a different value. This can also represent deprecated identifiers/profiles that have been merged into a single, current one that is preferred.

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element AlternativeORCID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression https://orcid\.org/0000-000(1-[5-9]|2-[0-9]|3-[0-4])[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}[0-9X] (as per https://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/116780-structure-of-the-orcid-identifier)

ResearcherID

Description

The ResearcherID identifier in case its value is certain or known to be a preferred one.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element ResearcherID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression [A-Z]-[0-9]{4}-(19|20)[0-9][0-9] (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1053)

AlternativeResearcherID

Description

The ResearcherID identifier in case the value is not certain, e.g. because there is a conflicting statement with a different value. This can also represent deprecated identifiers/profiles that have been merged into a single, current one that is preferred.

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element AlternativeResearcherID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression [A-Z]-[0-9]{4}-(19|20)[0-9][0-9] (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1053)

ScopusAuthorID

Description

The Scopus Author ID identifier in case its value is certain or known to be a preferred one.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element ScopusAuthorID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression [0-9]{10,11} (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1153)

AlternativeScopusAuthorID

Description

The Scopus Author ID identifier in case the value is not certain, e.g. because there is a conflicting statement with a different value. This can also represent deprecated identifiers/profiles that have been merged into a single, current one that is preferred.

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element AlternativeScopusAuthorID

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression [0-9]{10,11} (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1153)

ISNI

Description

The ISNI identifier in case its value is certain or known to be a preferred one.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element ISNI

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression \d{4} \d{4} \d{4} \d{3}[\dX] (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P213)

AlternativeISNI

Description

The ISNI identifier in case the value is not certain, e.g. because there is a conflicting statement with a different value. This can also represent deprecated identifiers/profiles that have been merged into a single, current one that is preferred.

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element AlternativeISNI

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression \d{4} \d{4} \d{4} \d{3}[\dX] (as per https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P213)

DAI

Description

The Digital Author Identifier in case its value is certain or known to be a preferred one.

Use

optional (0..1)

Representation

XML element DAI

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression info\:eu\-repo/dai/nl/\d{8}[\dxX] (as per https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/standards/DAI)

AlternativeDAI

Description

The Digital Author Identifier in case the value is not certain, e.g. because there is a conflicting statement with a different value. This can also represent deprecated identifiers/profiles that have been merged into a single, current one that is preferred.

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element AlternativeDAI

CERIF

the FederatedIdentifier entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#FederatedIdentifier)

Format

regular expression info\:eu\-repo/dai/nl/\d{8}[\dxX] (as per https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/standards/DAI)

ElectronicAddress

Description

An electronic address associated with the person

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element ElectronicAddress

CERIF

the ElectronicAddress entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ElectronicAddress) and the corresponding link (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person_ElectronicAddress)

Affiliation

Description

The organisation or organisation unit the person is affiliated with

Use

optional, possibly multiple (0..*)

Representation

XML element Affiliation with embedded XML element OrgUnit

CERIF

the Person_OrganisationUnit linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person_OrganisationUnit) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/PersonOrganisationRoles#Affiliation semantics