The Citation Resource enables reference to any knowledge artifact for purposes of identification and attribution. The Citation Resource supports existing reference structures and developing publication practices such as versioning, expressing complex contributorship roles, and referencing computable resources.

Citation
url
Canonical identifier for this citation, represented as a globally unique URI
identifier
Identifier for the Citation resource itself
version
Business version of the citation
name
Name for this citation (computer friendly)
title
Name for this citation (human friendly)
status
draft | active | retired | unknown
experimental
For testing purposes, not real usage
date
Date last changed
publisher
The publisher of the Citation, not the publisher of the article or artifact being cited
contact
Contact details for the publisher of the Citation Resource
description
Natural language description of the citation
useContext
The context that the Citation Resource content is intended to support
jurisdiction
Intended jurisdiction for citation (if applicable)
purpose
Why this citation is defined
approvalDate
When the citation was approved by publisher
lastReviewDate
When the citation was last reviewed
effectivePeriod
When the citation is expected to be used
author
Who authored the Citation
editor
Who edited the Citation
reviewer
Who reviewed the Citation
endorser
Who endorsed the Citation
summary
A human-readable display of the citation
style
Format for display of the citation
classification
The assignment to an organizing scheme
type
The kind of classifier (e.g. publication type, keyword)
classifier
The specific classification value
note
Used for general notes and annotations not coded elsewhere
currentState
The status of the citation
statusDate
An effective date or period for a status of the citation
activity
Classification of the status
actual
Either occurred or expected
period
When the status started and/or ended
relatesTo
Artifact related to the Citation Resource
relationshipType
How the Citation resource relates to the target artifact
targetClassifier
The clasification of the related artifact
target[x]
The article or artifact that the Citation Resource is related to
citedArtifact
The article or artifact being described
identifier
May include DOI, PMID, PMCID, etc.
relatedIdentifier
May include trial registry identifiers
dateAccessed
When the cited artifact was accessed
version
The defined version of the cited artifact
value
The version number or other version identifier
baseCitation
Citation for the main version of the cited artifact
currentState
The status of the cited artifact
statusDate
An effective date or period for a status of the cited artifact
activity
Classification of the status
actual
Either occurred or expected
period
When the status started and/or ended
title
The title details of the article or artifact
type
The kind of title
abstract
Summary of the article or artifact
type
The kind of abstract
part
The component of the article or artifact
type
The kind of component
value
The specification of the component
baseCitation
The citation for the full article or artifact
relatesTo
The artifact related to the cited artifact
relationshipType
How the cited artifact relates to the target artifact
targetClassifier
The clasification of the related artifact
target[x]
The article or artifact that the cited artifact is related to
publicationForm
If multiple, used to represent alternative forms of the article that are not separate citations
publishedIn
The collection the cited article or artifact is published in
type
Kind of container (e.g. Periodical, database, or book)
identifier
Journal identifiers include ISSN, ISO Abbreviation and NLMuniqueID; Book identifiers include ISBN
title
Name of the database or title of the book or journal
publisher
Name of the publisher
publisherLocation
Geographic location of the publisher
periodicRelease
The specific issue in which the cited article resides
citedMedium
Internet or Print
volume
Volume number of journal in which the article is published
issue
Issue, part or supplement of journal in which the article is published
dateOfPublication
Defining the date on which the issue of the journal was published
date
Date on which the issue of the journal was published
year
Year on which the issue of the journal was published
month
Month on which the issue of the journal was published
day
Day on which the issue of the journal was published
season
Season on which the issue of the journal was published
articleDate
The date the article was added to the database, or the date the article was released
lastRevisionDate
The date the article was last revised or updated in the database
accessionNumber
Entry number or identifier for inclusion in a database
pageString
Used for full display of pagination
firstPage
Used for isolated representation of first page
lastPage
Used for isolated representation of last page
pageCount
Number of pages or screens
webLocation
Used for any URL for the article or artifact cited
type
Code the reason for different URLs, e.g. abstract and full-text
url
The specific URL
classification
The assignment to an organizing scheme
type
The kind of classifier (e.g. publication type, keyword)
classifier
The specific classification value
whoClassified
Provenance and copyright of classification
person
Person who created the classification
organization
Organization who created the classification
publisher
The publisher of the classification, not the publisher of the article or artifact being cited
classifierCopyright
Rights management statement for the classification
freeToShare
Acceptable to re-use the classification
contributorship
Attribution of authors and other contributors
complete
Indicates if the list includes all authors and/or contributors
entry
An individual entity named in the list
name
A name associated with the person
initials
Initials for forename
collectiveName
Used for collective or corporate name as an author
identifier
Author identifier, eg ORCID
affiliationInfo
Organizational affiliation
affiliation
Display for the organization
role
Role within the organization, such as professional title
identifier
Identifier for the organization
address
Physical mailing address
telecom
Email or telephone contact methods for the author or contributor
contributionType
The specific contribution
role
The role of the contributor (e.g. author, editor, reviewer)
contributionInstance
Contributions with accounting for time or number
type
The specific contribution
time
The time that the contribution was made
correspondingContact
Indication of which contributor is the corresponding contributor for the role
listOrder
Used to code order of authors
summary
Used to record a display of the author/contributor list without separate coding for each list member
type
Either authorList or contributorshipStatement
style
The format for the display string
source
Used to code the producer or rule for creating the display string
value
The display string for the author list, contributor list, or contributorship statement
note
Any additional information or content for the article or artifact