3. Project Identifier (MA)

3.1. DC Field

dc:relation

3.2. Usage

Mandatory when applicable

3.3. Usage Instruction

An authoritative list of projects is exposed by OpenAIRE through OAI-PMH, and available for all repository managers. Values include the project name and project ID. The projectID equals the Grant Agreement identifier, and is defined by the info:eu-repo namespace term grantAgreement.

The syntax is:

info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Funder/FundingProgram/ProjectID/
[Jurisdiction]/[ProjectName]/[ProjectAcronym]

where:

  • Funder refers to the funding organization (e.g., EC for European Commission, WT for Wellcome Trust)
  • FundingProgramme refers to a specific programme (e.g., FP7 for Framework Programme Seven, H2020 for Horizon 2020)
  • ProjectID refers to a unique identifier in the scope of the funder (and maybe the programme), e.g. a grant agreement number.
  • Jurisdiction refers to the authority granted to a formally constituted legal body (e.g. EU for European Union)
  • ProjectName contains the full name of the project
  • ProjectAcronym contains the project’s acronym.

For OpenAIRE compatibility, the elements in square brackets are optional. The three-part namespace is mandatory when applicable (info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Funder/FundingProgram/ProjectID), while the six-parts namespace is recommended.

When omitting fields in the extended version, the number of fields must be preserved by using /. A correct example for omitting the the ProjectName field would therefore look like this: EC/FP7/12345/EU//OpenAIREplus

If any of the field values contains a forward slash (/), it needs to be escaped using URL encoding (%2F). For instance, My/Project would be represented as My%2FProject.

3.4. Since

OpenAIRE Guidelines v1

3.5. Example

An example utilizing all six fields:

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<dc:relation>
  info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/244909/EU/Making Capabilities Work/WorkAble
</dc:relation>

An example for omitting the the ProjectName field (note that the number of slashes is correctly preserved):

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<dc:relation>
  info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/283595/EU//OpenAIREplus
</dc:relation>

A correct example using the old three-part form (discouraged):

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<dc:relation>
  info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/244909
</dc:relation>