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Draft ORCID API is now open for viewing!

29 September 2011 - 1:57pm — Ben O'Steen

The API draft is now available for public viewing and covers:

Levels of privacy and other contextual terminology.
Public query API by way of illustrative HTTP query dialogues.
Protected Data query via OAuth.
- OAuth Workflow is illustrated in some depth

This is a pre-release of the API; it is nearly there, but it would be foolish to assume that the API will not change if any difficulties arise or if a better way is agreed upon.

Google Doc version of API:

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.

ORCID update – ResearcherID system and a call for API

18 July 2011 - 8:53am — Ben O'Steen

A quick update: