Identifier for Research Activities
The Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) is a persistent and globally unique identifier for projects and research activities. The RAiD system is developed by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), which serves as its global registration authority.
RAiD is a persistent identifier (PID), registry, and data management system for research projects or activities. It aims to centralize and track over time essential information about research activities—such as which organizations and researchers participated, what their roles were, which funders supported the projects, through which grants, and what the project outputs are (articles, datasets, etc.). RAiD connects the persistent identifiers of researchers, institutions, outputs, and other entities with key project details, thereby creating a project timeline.
- RAiD reduces the administrative burden on researchers through the automated reuse of metadata.
- It provides a single source of truth for project information.
- It enables multi-party management among institutions involved in a research activity.
- It tracks project evolution through versioned metadata.
- If RAiD is integrated into an organization’s data management systems, RAiD metadata becomes machine-readable, allowing it to be automatically populated into reports and applications.
- The RAiD system enables funding bodies to track research outputs and impacts, while research organizations benefit from enhanced project management and reporting capabilities. Uncovering the composition and evolution of a project over time improves research transparency.
- In the cost-benefit analysis of implementing persistent identifiers in the Czech Republic, RAiD was identified as one of the five priority identifiers whose implementation in the Czech research environment would lead to the greatest reduction in the administrative burden on researchers.
The use and structure of RAiD are defined by the ISO 23527:2022 standard.
To ensure RAiD services, a strategic partnership was established in March 2024 between the ARDC and DataCite, the DOI registration agency.
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Use of RAiD Abroad
The identifier targets several stakeholder groups (researchers, funders, research administrators, registration agencies, etc.), each of whom utilizes it for slightly different purposes.
- US RAiD Pilot (USA)
- SURF (Netherlands)
- In Australia, home to the global RAiD registration authority ARDC, RAiD is utilized, for instance, by the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) for the National Environmental Science Program (NESP).
RAiD Pilot Projects Abroad
- The Dutch organization SURF is currently working on establishing a registration agency for European researchers.
- The US RAiD Pilot is a two-year program aimed at bringing RAiD services to the United States. It is a collaborative effort between the San Diego Supercomputer Center (University of California) and the non-profit organization Lyrasis.
- In Canada, The Digital Research Alliance of Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, is developing a platform as part of a three-year pilot project, which will also include a national RAiD registration agency.
Contact
The National Center for Persistent Identifiers monitors developments regarding RAiD and provides updates via the news section of this website.
If you are interested in utilizing the RAiD identifier, please contact us at identifikatory@techlib.cz.