Deposit — CASRAI

Deposit does not imply the work is freely available, embargoed, or published. Deposit of a work in a repository is sometimes referred to as “self-archiving”.

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Deposit"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/deposit" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/deposit",
  "name": "Deposit",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/deposit",
  "description": "The action of uploading a digital copy of a work into a digital repository or similar service by the author(s) or their agent, together with metadata that, ideally, supports FAIR principles (Findable; Accessible; Interoperable; Re-usable).",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/research-lifecycle#set",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/deposit",
  "sameAs": [
    "Upload",
    "Submit",
    "Self-archiving"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-19T19:11:16",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}