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The API draft is now available for public viewing and covers: Levels of privacy and other contextual terminology. Public query API by way of illustrative HTTP query dialogues. Protected Data query via OAuth. OAuth Workflow is illustrated in some depth This is a pre-release of the API; it is nearly there, but it would be foolish […]
September 22, 2011
Videos of the Presentations The Videos of all the talks and Q&A sessions are now available here Program 10:00 Welcome and what’s new – Howard Ratner, ORCID Chair (Slides [PPTX 2.55Mb]) Talk discussed: Key quote “ORCID will work to support the creation of a permanent, clear and unambiguous record of scholarly communication by enabling reliable attribution […]
September 22, 2011
ORCID in a nutshell (current strategy): ORCID is a registry of profiles for people involved in research – a profile can be created by the person themselves (self-registry) or by what is termed a Trusted Partner, such as a University or Publisher. The people using the system decide who is and is not a researcher, […]
September 13, 2011
As the official draft API (googledoc) is both in flux and read-protected so that only those invited can see it, I am unable to give you a complete view of how things are shaping up. However, I can relay a number of key points that everyone involved is concerned about: It must have sensible (some […]
September 13, 2011
The following is from an email exchange with Nicky Ferguson. These are my answers to the questions he posed, and as such shouldn’t be considered the opinion of the ORCID project itself. They are the answers I believe are correct, based on the meetings and discussions I have been part of on the technical advisory group. […]
July 18, 2011
A quick update: ORCID service: Geoff Bilder (Crossref) is leading the developmental work on the ORCID system The first instance of this system will be based on the code produced for the Thomson-Reuters ResearcherID system which has the following characteristics: Java 1.6 (current version is 1.6.021) iBatis 2.3.0.677 (current version is 3.0.2) Struts2 Tomcat 5.5.x […]
June 15, 2011
… is littered with the wrecks and remains of many failed projects.” The varied attempts to start, maintain or promote a single identifier scheme for academics, whether applied locally or internationally, can arguably be described as being a mix of successes and abject failures. I do not wish to dwell on what a failure is […]
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September 29, 2011
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