Re: ORCID, Identity systems, was Authorship

[Bron Gondwana <brong=40fastmailteam.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, at 11:13, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>

> It appears that Christian Huitema  <huitema@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

> >I think it depends what we are trying to achieve. If the problem is

> >"author of an IETF document has changed employers three times, I need to

> >get the current email", then ORCID works -- that's almost exactly what

> >they are designed to do. ORCID membership is limited to non profit

>

> No, anyone can join.  Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley are members.

> I can assure you those are all about as far from non-profit as you

> can imagine.

For individuals, you don't even have to have an employer.

Regards

Marshall Eubanks

ORCID : 0000-0001-9543-0414

Yeah as of a few hours ago I'm ORCID 0009-0005-2895-9947

Bron.

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