orcid technical update may 2014

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Technical UpdateORCID Outreach Meeting

Chicago, IL21 May 2014

At the last outreach meeting…• We talked about what we were planning!

• Education & employment affiliations• Funding and grants• ISNI linking• Mobile-friendly site

Since then…• We launched these and other features and

improvements

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Highlight: Affiliations

Type ahead list

of organization

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FundRef Compatible

Several funding types• Grants• Awards• Contracts

Highlight: Funding

New search & link wizards!


Highlight: Search & Link

• DataCite• Search the DataCite Metadata

Store to find your research datasets, images, and other works.

• ISNI 2 ORCID• Search the ISNI registry to link ISNI and

any books attached to the ISNI.

• UberWizard• Link awarded grants from funders around

the world.

Mobile Friendly


Highlight: Mobile Site

MobileComputer


Highlight: Easy Edit Data

Easy-edit Personal InformationEdit data in-line

Easier to separate names and keywords

Easier to see what you can add


Email already exists

Highlight: Auto-fill Sign-in

Email does not exist

https://qa.orcid.org/oauth/authorize?[…]&family_names=<user family name>&given_names=<user given name>&email=Email_<user email>

New Parameters


Highlight: Authenticated iD

Get an authenticated ORCID iD• Free, public API

• Easy setup & use for developers

• Help built into the interface

Sign up for the Beta:

http://orcid.org/content/beta-tester-request

• Key working group drivers & goals• “Duplicates” on the record• Support for verified information on the Record from

organizations• Improve quality of data – manage duplicate &

conflicting info• Save users effort in creating & maintaining high-quality

ORCID Records

• Recommendationhttp://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/230856-twg-multiple-assertions

• Early Implementation Highlights• Duplicate activity management (Works, Funding, etc)• Validated claims• Auto update of existing activities


Highlight: Sneak Peak

Multiple Assertions

Account Delegation



Scholars assign trusted individuals to manage their record

Trusted individuals can manage the record on the scholar’s behalf

Other coming functionalityQ3 2014• Message interface, user control over email

frequency• Researcher-requested: “Duplicate” activity

management (works, funding, etc)• Tweet my iD – Social connection e.g. Twitter,

FacebookQ4 2014• Researcher-requested: Google Scholar

Connection• Researcher-requested: Edit activities added

my me• Implementation of features from Multiple

Assertions Working Group recommendation



• Other upcoming functionality for research institutions• Ability to update items already

entered• Validated affiliations• Affiliation search & link wizards• Customized claim emails when

creating new ORCID iDs




Thank you to the Tech Team!

Catalina Laura Rob

Angel Fran Will

orcid technical update may 2014

Technology