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Feature Request: Add new subfield topicClassTermURI to citation metadata

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Since Aug 12, 2026.

Feature: Metadata FY27 Priority FY27 Roadmap FY27 Sprint 4 FY27 Sprint 5 GREI 2 GREI Year 5 Size: 30 Type: Feature
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Description

Overview of the Feature Request
Analogue to the addition of a termURI field to the keywords in the citation metadata blocks, the same idea should also be applied to the topicClassification fields:
Screenshot-2024-07-31-at-4 25 09PM

See corresponding commit for keyword.

What kind of user is the feature intended for?
(Example users roles: API User, Curator, Depositor, Guest, Superuser, Sysadmin)
All depositors

What inspired the request?
#10288

What existing behavior do you want changed?

  • add a new subfield topicClassTermURI (with topicClassification as the parent) to the citation metadata block
  • migrate contents from topicClassVocabURI or topicClassValue to topicClassTermURI (if that field was used for a term URI before)
  • change DataCite export format, so that the content of topicClassTermURI goes into the property valueURI of the subject element: topicClassValue

Any open or closed issues related to this feature request?
#10288

Are you thinking about creating a pull request for this feature?

yes, is already in progress

Closed by: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/pull/12614

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