20 Years of Persistent Identifiers: Applications and Future Directions

Persistent identifiers (PID) for scholarly resources have been in use now for more than 20 years. Since the initial launch of Handle.net, we have seen a proliferation of PIDs addressing many use cases. Some PID systems have become established parts of the science information infrastructure. In other areas we see work in progress, and new use cases being proposed. This special collection of papers discusses the architecture of PID systems, their adoption and application, and new use cases.

All Items

• Editorial: 20 Years of Persistent Identifiers – Applications and Future Directions

  Jens Klump, Fiona Murphy, Tobias Weigel, Mark A. Parsons

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• In Memoriam: Dr. Norman Paskin, Founding Director, International DOI Foundation Visionary Pioneer of Reference Linking, Metadata and Persistent Identifier Infrastructure

  John S. Erickson, Laurence W. Lannom

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• Persistence Statements: Describing Digital Stickiness

  John Kunze, Scout Calvert, Jeremy D. DeBarry, Matthew Hanlon, Greg Janée, Sandra Sweat

  39

• 14 Years of PID Services at the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB): Connected Frameworks, Research Data and Lessons Learned from a National Research Library Perspective

  Angelina Kraft, Britta Dreyer, Peter Löwe, Frauke Ziedorn

  36

• Distributed Persistent Identifiers System Design

  Pavel Golodoniuc, Nicholas J. Car, Jens Klump

  34

• Connecting the Persistent Identifier Ecosystem: Building the Technical and Human Infrastructure for Open Research

  Angela Dappert, Adam Farquhar, Rachael Kotarski, Kirstie Hewlett

  28

• Identifiers for Earth Science Data Sets: Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go

  Justin C. Goldstein, Matthew S. Mayernik, Hampapuram K. Ramapriyan

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• Persistent Identifier Practice for Big Data Management at NCI

  Jingbo Wang, Nicolas Car, Ben Evans, Kashif Gohar, Claire Trenham, Lesley Wyborn

  20

• NASA EOSDIS Data Identifiers: Approach and System

  Lalit Wanchoo, Nathan James, Hampapuram K. Ramapriyan

  15

• The Challenge of Ensuring Persistency of Identifier Systems in the World of Ever-Changing Technology

  Nicholas J. Car, Pavel Golodoniuc, Jens Klump

  13

• Motivation and Strategies for Implementing Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) at NCAR’s Earth Observing Laboratory – Past Progress and Future Collaborations

  Janine Aquino, John Allison, Robert Rilling, Don Stott, Kathryn Young, Michael Daniels

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• 20 Years of Persistent Identifiers – Which Systems are Here to Stay?

  Jens Klump, Robert Huber

  9

• Utilizing the International Geo Sample Number Concept in Continental Scientific Drilling During ICDP Expedition COSC-1

  Ronald Conze, Henning Lorenz, Damian Ulbricht, Kirsten Elger, Thomas Gorgas

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