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ORCID – a taster of the API

13 September 2011 - 10:09am — Ben O'Steen

As the official draft API (googledoc) is both in flux and read-protected so that only those invited can see it, I am unable to give you a complete view of how things are shaping up.

However, I can relay a number of key points that everyone involved is concerned about:

ORCID: some questions and answers

13 September 2011 - 9:38am — Ben O'Steen

The following is from an email exchange with Nicky Ferguson. These are my answers to the questions
he posed, and as such shouldn’t be considered the opinion of the ORCID project itself. They are the
answers I believe are correct, based on the meetings and discussions I have been part of on the
technical advisory group.

If any other member of the advisory group can correct any inaccuracies in the comments, I’d be
most appreciative.

“The path to academic personal identifiers…

15 July 2011 - 11:43am — Ben O'Steen

… is littered with the wrecks and remains of many failed projects.”