The Research Organization Registry (ROR) initiative, which manages the persistent identifier for research institutions, ROR ID, is holding its annual community meeting of its users and other interested parties on 4-6 February 2025. The full agenda includes 3 online webinars (+ 1 dedicated to the Asia, Australia and New Zealand region). The webinars will be …
DataCite, the registration agency for the DOI identifier, has announced a new version of its metadata schema number 4.6. A summary of the main new features: New “Project” value for the resourceTypeGeneral field.This update allows organizations registering DOIs for research activities or projects, including the RAiD consortium, to use a dedicated value that is more …
The webinar featured Ellen Paterson, ORCID’s Privacy Officer. She discussed ORCID’s commitment to protecting the personal information of researchers and recent updates to ORCID’s Privacy Policy. Ellen also introduced her role as Privacy Officer. Webinar attendees were able to ask questions about data privacy issues. The webinar took place on 13 November 2024 in English.
In this webinar, the portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) presented its innovative use of ORCID in research management. Since 2014, PTCRIS—Portugal’s national research information system—has championed the principle, “Register once, reuse always,” streamlining research management for Portuguese researchers. While ORCID adoption isn’t mandatory, it has become highly encouraged due to its …
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As of November 2024, the Research Organization Registry ID (ROR) has been integrated into Clarivate’s Web of Science database. The ROR identifier has been assigned to more than 13,000 standardized Web of Science affiliations. This integration allows you to search the affiliations field using the ROR identifier and seamlessly move between WoS and ROR affiliation …
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DataCite will celebrate its 15th anniversary with an open hours webinar featuring members and staff who will share insights into the history of DataCite and the DataCite metadata schema: Webinar will take place on December 4th, 2024 at 5PM in English. The slides will be shared afterwards through the DataCite Zenodo Community. The event will …
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Authors: Open Science Centre, Mendel University in Brno Mendel University in Brno (MENDELU) is a Czech university with a long tradition of excellence in the fields of study of agriculture and forestry. Since the 1990s, the university proudly bears the name of Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of modern genetics. The university has 5 faculties …
On 24 January, the DOI registration agency DataCite announced the launch of version 4.5 of its metadata schema. This latest version, developed by the Metadata Working Group in collaboration with DataCite staff, includes key additions and updates to Schema 4 that enable repositories to produce richer and more accurate metadata: More about the new version …
Representatives of the National Center for Persistent Identifiers conducted a webinar on March 22, 2024 entitled Introduction to Persistent Identifiers. The webinar was held under the Training Center of the EOSC-CZ initiative. Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are the cornerstone of implementing the FAIR principles. Their effective use can greatly simplify the sharing of research results. The …
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The team of the National ORCID Centre and National DOI Centre, which operate under the National Technical Library from 2023, summarizes the year 2023. What has been achieved in 2023? The National ORCID and DOI Centres were established on June 1. The National ORCID Centre started with 18 member institutions, with 3 more institutions joining …
