Subject: Re: ORCID - unique identifiers for contributors
From: Andy Mabbett <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:52:29 +0100
List-Id: IETF-Discussion <ietf.ietf.org>

On 16 September 2013 19:06, John C Klensin <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Treating an ORCID (or equivalent) as supplemental would also
> avoid requiring the RSE to inquire about guarantees about the
> permanence and availability of the relevant database.

I've checked with ORCID and they say:

"the ORCID Registry is planned, from a technical perspective, as a
long-term effort to support persistent identifiers.  In addition,
Registry code is open source, and we will be posting a public data
file on an annual basis starting in October.  Finally, we have
transition plans in the unlikely event that ORCID should cease to
exist as an organization--in which case the ORCID registry and data
contained therein would transfer to a non-profit organization with a
similar mission."

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk