PID4NFDI
Persistent Identifier Services
S upported by NFDI Section:
Common Infrastructures
Phase: Integration
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What is the Basic Service under development about?
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are central to FAIR research data management. However, different disciplines and different resources result in diverse requirements and the different NFDI consortia have different levels of maturity in PID implementation. PID4NFDI will design a work programme to build an NFDI foundation service on established PID infrastructures.
Goals of the Initialisation phase
Within the initialisation phase it is planned to lay the foundation for further phases through use cases analysis, requirement engineering and concept development. PID4NFDI will follow a clear path of promoting the uptake by PID infrastructures and service providers and will only develop and operate NFDI-specific services if necessary. The goal is to roll-out a portfolio of services that covers the various use cases and requirements of the NFDI consortia.
Goals of the Integration phase
The project aims to enhance PID integration within NFDI consortia, considering varying provider maturity levels and community adoption. The focus is on integrating PIDs throughout the research data lifecycle, using Data Management Plans (DMPs) and Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) as pilot implementations. Special emphasis is placed on the integration of PIDs for objects for which PID registration is still emerging, such as research instruments, material samples, highly granular data, as well as projects and awards. The goal is to boost the impact of PIDs by improving metadata quality and interoperability through technical, organisational, and strategic measures. Furthermore, governance guidelines, outreach efforts, and a modular training concept will promote PID awareness and adoption across disciplines. This approach will be prototyped collaboratively with NFDI consortia partners, ensuring broad applicability within the NFDI framework. Interoperability, metadata, governance, training/support, and community engagement components, will together form the ‘PID Coordination Hub’, which will be a central entry point for users of the PID4NFDI service portfolio.
Planned duration (current phase)
Initialisation Phase: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024
Integration Phase: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026
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Deliverables from the Initialisation phase
