The Role of Universities in the Implementation of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs)

« The report “Building the plane as we fly it: the promise of persistent identifiers” was published last February by the Knowledge Exchange. The report explores the challenges, opportunities, risks and trust-related issues associated with the quickly-developing PID landscape with an emphasis on the six KE member countries (Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom). (…)
This contribution provides a summary of the findings of this study and analyses this fragmented PID landscape in some detail, specifically exploring the meaning of “community” in expressions like “a community-driven PID landscape”. The role universities are expected to play in the gradual, unstoppable adoption of a wide range of PIDs is laid out, together with some early best practices in the domain. (…) »

source > easychair.org/publications, Pablo De Castro, Ulrich Herb, Laura Rothfritz, Joachim Schöpfel. In: Jean-François Desnos and Martín López Nores (editors). Proceedings of European University Information Systems Congress 2023, vol 95, pages 291--300, https://doi.org/10.29007/97w6

• Mots-clés : 
• Persistent IDentifiers (PIDs),
• Research information management (RIM)