Which PDF metadata does Zotero read to retrieve the citation/bibliographic information?

gerald

Which PDF metadata does Zotero read to retrieve the citation/bibliographic information from the PDF?

I am currently preparing a document as PDF and I would like to embed the citation/bibliographic metadata into the PDF, so that Zotero (and other citation managers) can automatically extract this information. Please note that the report PDF will *not* have an identifier like DOI, ISBN, etc. Which citation metadata can Zotero retrieve from the PDF?

I see that it is possible to add (at least) following bibliography/citation-relevant metadata into the PDF:
* Dublin Core Properties
* Prism standard
* Crossref crossmark
* niso.org scheme

Which one should I embed into the PDF so that Zotero can retrieve the information?

Best,
Gerald

gerald

Does anyone have an answer to my questions about PDF metadata that are read by Zotero? I would like to create a PDF containing bibliographic metadata that Zotero understands. The PDF, however, does not have a DOI or ISBN, etc. How can I prepare a PDF in that way that Zotero automatically retrieves the bibliographic information?
Thanks in advance!

poettli

https://www.zotero.org/support/retrieve_pdf_metadata

The Retrieve Metadata feature uses a Zotero web service to find item metadata. The Zotero client sends the first few pages of text from the PDF to the web service, which uses a variety of extraction algorithms and known metadata from Crossref, paired with DOI and ISBN lookups, to build a parent item for the PDF. The Zotero lookup service doesn’t require a Zotero account and doesn’t log any data about the content or results of searches.

gerald

Thanks poettli, does this mean that the metadata of the PDF are not read by Zotero? What do I need to do for a document that doesn't have a DOI or ISBN, and is not listed in Crossref? Is there any way that Zotero automatically creates a parent item and extracts the bibliographic information?