Persistent Identifiers (PIDs)

Research Outputs

• Use of PIDs (e.g., DOI, Handle, ARK) to uniquely identify outputs.

Formats and Standards

• PIDs for metadata schemas and standards.

Access

• PIDs for access protocols and repositories.

Data Management

• PIDs for datasets and related documentation.

Example PIDs:

• ORCID - person PIDs

• ROR - research organization PIDs

• Re3data - specifically PIDs for data repositories

• Funding Award Numbers

• RAID - project meta-PID

• RRID

• DataCite (DOIs)

Additional reading

Ten simple rules for getting and giving credit for data

• Wood-Charlson EM, Crockett Z, Erdmann C, Arkin AP, Robinson CB (2022) Ten simple rules for getting and giving credit for data. PLOS Computational Biology 18(9): e1010476. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010476