Technical

ORCIDs in the Wild: A Field Guide to the Popular Persistent Identifier

The Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier (ORCID) launched as the persistent identifier for active people within scholarship 6 October 2012, has grown in use and popularity. The ORCID iD and the underlying ORCID record in the global registry, accessed via a RESTful API, can confidently be said to be the default way to identify real … Continue reading “ORCIDs in the Wild: A Field Guide to the Popular Persistent Identifier”

Global first for UKRI – recording funding peer review contributions in ORCID records

Researchers can now have their grant peer review contributions made visible and recognised when added to their ORCID Record by the UKRI’s Je-S funding platform. UKRI and nearly 100 UK Higher Education and research organisations are members of ORCID, an international non-profit organisation that is committed to help achieve recognition and support for researchers by … Continue reading “Global first for UKRI – recording funding peer review contributions in ORCID records”

Evolving the PID landscape: The power of working together

  Our latest blog post is now available on our sister site. This article sets out the wider context in which the ORCID personal persistent identifier sits, it looks at some of the initiatives in which Jisc has driven the environment and policy forward, giving an overview of key engagements and identifiers. With thanks for … Continue reading “Evolving the PID landscape: The power of working together”

iDentifying your researchers: challenges and opportunities

This post was edited on 19 June 2019 to correct a factual error in the information on asserting affiliation and update information on the way information was added in the ORCID registry web API  When I first started at my current job in Jisc last year, I was asked to identify ORCID iDs connected with … Continue reading “iDentifying your researchers: challenges and opportunities”

Tools for our members – who has an ORCID ID?

At the end of February 2019, the UK ORCID consortium looks set to reach 100 member institutions. Since the launch in 2015, our members have been involved in creating a community of ORCID implementors. As a community, we consider strategies to tackle challenges that span policy, advocacy and technical infrastructure. We work together towards solutions … Continue reading “Tools for our members – who has an ORCID ID?”

Preparing for ORCID Self Service – actions and webinar

How ORCID UK Consortium members manage the information about their ORCID contacts within their institution is changing. ORCID have mandated that all Consortium Consortia must start using their Self Service contacts management system by the end of this calendar year. The Jisc UK consortium is in the process of making this switch. After the switch, … Continue reading “Preparing for ORCID Self Service – actions and webinar”

The ORCID Sandbox

What is the ORCID Sandbox? The ORCID Sandbox is a service provided by ORCID for testing purposes; the site mimics the Production ORCID Registry in function, providing both a public and member API to the Sandbox registry, and a user interface to manage Sandbox records. The Sandbox Member API allows organizations to test Member API … Continue reading “The ORCID Sandbox”

Jisc UK ORCID Hackday April 2018: summary

This blog post is derived from notes and analysis by Owen Stephens, consultant. Thanks are due to Owen for his contributions to the hackday planning, running and reporting. The Jisc UK ORCID hackday took place in Jisc’s London offices on 24th April 2018. It was a gathering of developers and practitioners who came together to: … Continue reading “Jisc UK ORCID Hackday April 2018: summary”

eprints.org ORCID Advance Support plug-in released

A plugin for the eprints.org repository software has been released to take advantage of the ORCID member API. The plugin, which has been developed in a collaboration between Jisc and eprints.org services, with input from the eprints.org community, brings new functionality to take full advantage of ORCID membership and offer improved services to repository users … Continue reading “eprints.org ORCID Advance Support plug-in released”

Newsflash – ORCID responds to delegating tokens discussions

Newsflash! ORCID have responded positively to the previous blog posting (Revoking ORCID tokens). They have now brought forward the implementation of the revocation API that we discussed. We advise all ORCID partners to start making use of it to limit the number of unnecessarily active tokens. More details can be found here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/orcid-api-users/xMNKBsAMs50/OAXqOmZICAAJ Many thanks … Continue reading “Newsflash – ORCID responds to delegating tokens discussions”