Re: ORCID - unique identifiers for contributors

["Andrew G. Malis" <[e-mail]>]

Checking out the ORCID site, I noticed that when manually adding a
work, one of the possible external IDs is "Request for Comments". So
they certainly seem to be aware of the RFC series. The site already
has the ability to search various external databases to automate the
process of adding works, but doesn't have the ability to search the
RFC database for works. It would be a great addition to the site if it
could.

Cheers,
Andy

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Andy Mabbett
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> [First post here]
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a contributor to RFC 6350 - but I'm listed there by name only, and
> there is nothing to differentiate me from some other Andy Mabbett (the
> problem is no doubt worse for people with less unusual family names).
> Like many such contributors, I don't want to publish my email address
> as an identifier, in case I get spammed, and if I give an affiliation
> or even the URL of my website, that may change over time.
>
> This problem is addressed by "Open Research Contributor Identifiers"
> (ORCID; <http://orcid.org>),  UIDs (and URIs) for scientific and other
> academic authors. Mine is below.
>
> As the website says: "ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven
> effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher
> identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities
> and outputs to these identifiers".
>
> Individuals can sign up for an ORCID at <http://orcid.org/> and then
> include it in their attribution in RfCs, in their research papers, and
> in other publications.
>
> I'd like to propose that we strongly encourage, or even mandate, this
> for future RfCs.
>
> How should I proceed? Is this list the best place for discussion of
> this topic? Does it need an RfC? If so, would someone care to assist
> me, please?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> Website: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-6823