Machine-readable encoding
CRediT in JATS XML
JATS 1.2+ supports CRediT natively. Reference markup, attribute conventions, and JATS4R-aligned best practice.
The <role> element
Since JATS 1.2 (2018), CRediT has a fully-specified encoding using the <role> element on each contributor.
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 vocabularyvocab-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 atcasrai.org/creditspecific-use— optional degree-of-contribution:lead,equal, orsupporting
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 these URIs as vocab-term-identifier values:
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
