First steps¶

In this tutorial, you will install cwl2datacite and convert the metadata in a CWL document to DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 JSON.

Install¶

pip install cwl2datacite

Convert a CWL document¶

Choose a CWL document that contains Schema.org metadata and run:

transpiler-mate cwl2datacite workflow.cwl --output datacite.json

Replace workflow.cwl with the path to your document. The plugin reads the CWL metadata resolved by Transpiler-Mate and writes the converted DataCite 4.6 metadata to datacite.json.

If --output is omitted, the plugin uses datacite.json in the current directory.

Inspect the result¶

Open datacite.json and check the converted creators, contributors, title, publisher, publication year, descriptions, identifiers, dates, resource type, and rights metadata. The generated structure targets DataCite 4.6; it is not a version-neutral DataCite representation.

Next step¶

Move to the how-to guides when you need to complete a specific operational task.