(19 Aug 2026) Research is no longer found only through journal pages and conventional indexes. The same work may appear on a preprint server, a publisher platform, an institutional repository, a scholarly index, a licensed AI collection, and eventually inside generated summaries or answers. AI systems may retrieve passages from any of these places, split the…
(18 Jul 2024) From June 11-13, 2024, 175 persistent identifier (PID) enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Prague for the first PIDfest, with a further 100 joining virtually. Billed as “a three-day international summit of talks, activities and workshops focusing on how persistent identifiers can deliver world-class research infrastructure,” it was also something of a…
(17 Jun 2024) At last month’s CHORUS Forum on Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing speakers presentations covered a lot of ground regarding benefits and challenges with PIDs but what stood out were: Burdens: Researchers spending too much time on admin tasks and difficulties conducting analysis Benefits: Ability to track metrics and make reliable…
(15 May 2024) The ARDC is pleased to announce the release of a National Persistent Identifier (PID) Roadmap website to support the implementation of the 2024 Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy, launched in February this year by the ARDC. The Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive and collaborative approach to accelerate Australian research and innovation through the universal…
(19 Mar 2024) PIDs in scholarly communications and research infrastructure have garnered government attention lately. By aligning with frameworks such as FAIR and POSI and incorporating insights from global initiatives, we present some desirable characteristics of PID infrastructures to guide them. The article in full is here.
(31 Jan 2023) After almost 4 years of effort, the ISO standard for the ARDC’s Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) has been published. RAiD is a persistent identifier for research projects and activities. It is one of the identifier services owned and offered by the ARDC. RAiD connects existing persistent identifiers for researchers, institutions, outputs and tools with key…