An update on the genesis of the Organisational Identifier (OI) Project and plans for implementation. Presented by Geoffrey Bilder at Crossref LIVE Seoul, 12 June 2017.

3. The case of
the missing
leg
#Live, 2017 Seoul
Geoffrey Bilder
Director of Strategic Initiatives
@gbilder

4. Flashback 2011

5. Brown University
Psychoceramics
Professor

8. • Not-for-profit global initiative
• 30 members worldwide
> 814 data centers
> 7.4 million DOIs
> 6,600,000++ resolutions/month
DataCite Snapshot

10. The power of PIDs

12. Presenter Name
Presenter Title
@twittername

13. Presenter Name
Presenter Title
@twittername

15. So now what?

16. We still have a
problem

17. The problem:

18. The problem:
Content identifiers:
DataCite
Crossref
Contributor identifiers:
ORCID

19. The problem:
Content identifiers:
DataCite
Crossref
Contributor identifiers:
ORCID
Organisation identifiers:

20. ISNI?
Ringgold?
FundRef?
GRID?
OrgRef?
Open Corporates?
LEI?
The problem:
Content identifiers:
DataCite
Crossref
Contributor identifiers:
ORCID
Organisation identifiers:

21. The problem:
Content identifiers:
DataCite
Crossref
Contributor identifiers:
ORCID
Organisation identifiers:

22. We aren’t the only
ones who think
so…

23. “Stakeholders interviewed for
this study typically described
identifying organisations as “a
nightmare.”
—JISC/CASRAI Organisation ID study

24. There is a well documented
need for a comprehensive,
open, and accessible
organisation identifier
infrastructure.

25. There is a lot of excellent
work being done and
excellent services and
providers tackling pieces
of the problem, but gaps
remain.

26. Content identifiers:
DataCite
Crossref
Contributor identifiers:
ORCID
Organisation identifiers:
Gaps

29. Geoffrey Bilder
Patricia Cruse
Laure Haak
@HaakYak
@gbilder
@trishacruse

30. Why Us?

31. • We all need Organisation
Identifiers
• We know the identifier space
• We each represent a broad
community
• We are willing to take it on

32. We cannot create a
completely new
organisation for every
identifier initiative we
create.

33. Why Now?

34. • Action is needed, and the
community seems to be ready
• We have a very good
understanding of the requirements
• The energy and commitment exist

35. What has been
done?

36. • We have gathered together work from
CASRAI, Jisc, NISO, ODIN, RDA & THOR.
• We have assembled illustrative use cases
• We consulted with the community at CNI
and Force11
• We have consulted with other players in
the organisation identity space
• We have consulted with our respective
members.

37. Requirements

38. Organisational

41. ORCID Principles

42. coverage
governance
sustainability
insurance

43. “Principles for Open
Scholarly Infrastructure”
Bilder G, Lin J, Neylon C
(2015) http://doi.org/9wj

44. Technical

45. “But aren’t organisation
identifiers easier than
identifiers for people?”
(cue laughter)

46. • Merge
• Split
• Have Aliases (e.g. “Trade Name”)
• Die (e.g. bankruptcy)
• Be Reborn (e.g. emerge from bankruptcy)
• Have Sub organisations
• Have Affiliated organisations
Organisations do irritating things like….

48. Harvard University

49. Subscriptions Subscriptions
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial
Library

50. 128.103.*.*
131.142.*.*
140.247.*.*
207.86.182.*
134.174.4.* -- 134.174.7.*
134.174.14.* -- 134.174.17.*
134.174.140.* -- 134.174.174.*
134.174.178.* -- 134.174.191.*
134.174.193.*
199.94.0.* -- 199.94.47.*
212.171.47.146
Subscriptions Subscriptions

51. Membership Membership
Harvard University

52. Legal
Entity
Legal
Entity
President & Fellows of Harvard College

53. Affiliations Affiliations
Harvard University - Berkman
Center for Internet & Society

55. What is an
“organisation?”

56. Projects?
Conferences?

61. • Bilder, G., Brown, J., & Demeranville, T. (2016).
Organisation identifiers: Current provider survey. ORCID.
http://doi.org/10.5438/4716
• Cruse, P., Haak, L., & Pentz, E. (2016). Organization
identifier project: A way forward. ORCID. http://doi.org/
10.5438/2906
• Fenner, M., Paglione, L., Demeranville, T., & Bilder, G.
(2016). Technical considerations for an organization
identifier registry. ORCID. http://doi.org/10.5438/7885

62. gbilder@crossref.org
Thank You
@gbilder