CRediT in JATS XML

The `<role>` element

Since JATS 1.2 (2018), CRediT has a fully-specified encoding using the <role> element on each contributor.

Full author with CRediT roles

xml

<contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
    <name>
      <surname>Zhang</surname>
      <given-names>San</given-names>
    </name>
    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-2345-6789</contrib-id>
    <role vocab="credit"
          vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
          vocab-term="Conceptualization"
          vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/conceptualization"/>
    <role vocab="credit"
          vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
          vocab-term="Software"
          vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/software"
          specific-use="lead"/>
    <role vocab="credit"
          vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
          vocab-term="Writing - original draft"
          vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-original-draft"
          specific-use="supporting"/>
  </contrib>
</contrib-group>

Attribute conventions

vocab="credit" — fixed string identifying the vocabulary
vocab-identifier — root URL of the vocabulary (https://casrai.org/credit)
vocab-term — human-readable role name (must match canonical wording)
vocab-term-identifier — stable per-role URL at casrai.org/credit
specific-use — optional degree-of-contribution: lead, equal, or supporting

Reference: the JATS4R recommendation

JATS4R (the JATS-Recommendation working group, NISO-hosted) publishes the authoritative best-practice document for CRediT in JATS. Implementers should follow the JATS4R recommendation in full.

All 14 role identifiers

Use the 14 role identifiers below as vocab-term-identifier values:

Canonical CRediT URIs

text

https://casrai.org/credit/roles/conceptualization
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/data-curation
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/formal-analysis
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/investigation
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/methodology
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/software
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/supervision
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/validation
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-original-draft
https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing

For non-XML pipelines, see CRediT for publishers and CRediT as JSON-LD.