.. _d:publisher:

4. Publisher (M)
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The name of the entity that holds, archives, publishes prints, distributes, releases, issues, or produces the resource. This property will be used to formulate the citation, so consider the prominence of the role (occurrences: 1).

**Allowed values, examples, other constraints**

Examples: World Data Center for Climate (WDCC); GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ); Geological Institute, University of Tokyo

Example
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   <publisher>World Data Center for Climate (WDCC)</publisher>