organisational identifiers at opencon satellite event, oxford 2016
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the case of the missing leg#OpenCon, Oxford
Geoffrey BilderDirector of Strategic Initiatives@gbilder
organisation identifiers#OpenCon, Oxford
Geoffrey BilderDirector of Strategic Initiatives@gbilder
The power of PIDs
Presenter NamePresenter Title@twittername
Presenter NamePresenter Title@twittername
Flashback 2011
Brown UniversityPsychoceramicsProfessor
• Not-for-profit global initiative
• 30 members worldwide > 814 data centers > 7.4 million DOIs > 6,600,000++ resolutions/month
DataCite Snapshot
So now what?
We still have a problem
The problem:
The problem:
Content identifiers:DataCiteCrossref
Contributor identifiers:ORCID
The problem:
Content identifiers:DataCiteCrossref
Contributor identifiers:ORCID
Organisation identifiers:
ISNI?Ringgold?FundRef?GRID?OrgRef?Open Corporates?LEI?
The problem:
Content identifiers:DataCiteCrossref
Contributor identifiers:ORCID
Organisation identifiers:
The problem:
Content identifiers:DataCiteCrossref
Contributor identifiers:ORCID
Organisation identifiers:
We aren’t the only ones who think
so…
“Stakeholders interviewed for this study typically described identifying organisations as “a nightmare.”
—JISC/CASRAI Organisation ID study
Content identifiers:DataCiteCrossref
Contributor identifiers:ORCID
Organisation identifiers:
Gaps
Why Us?
• We all need Organisation Identifiers
• We know the identifier space • We each represent a broad
community • We are willing to take it on
We cannot create a completely new organisation for every identifier initiative we create.
Requirements
Organisational
ORCID Principles
coverage governance sustainability insurance
“Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructure” Bilder G, Lin J, Neylon C (2015) http://doi.org/9wj
Technical
“But aren’t organisation identifiers easier than identifiers for people?”
(cue laughter)
• Merge• Split• Have Aliases (e.g. “Trade Name”)• Die (e.g. bankruptcy)• Be Reborn (e.g. emerge from bankruptcy)• Have Sub organisations• Have Affiliated organisations
Organisations do irritating things like….
Harvard University
Subscriptions Subscriptions
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
128.103.*.* 131.142.*.* 140.247.*.*
207.86.182.* 134.174.4.* -- 134.174.7.*
134.174.14.* -- 134.174.17.* 134.174.140.* -- 134.174.174.* 134.174.178.* -- 134.174.191.*
134.174.193.* 199.94.0.* -- 199.94.47.*
212.171.47.146
Subscriptions Subscriptions
LegalEntity
LegalEntity
President & Fellows of Harvard College
Affiliations Affiliations
Harvard University - Berkman Center for Internet & Society
