ORCID plans to launch affiliation module using ISNI and Ringgold Organization Identifiers

ORCID will be launching its affiliation module this fall using ISNI unique organizational identifiers, to support the accurate and persistent identification of researcher institutional affiliations. Andrew MacEwan of the ISNI International Agency said: “This collaboration will be an important step in diffusing ISNIs into the data supply chain to achieve their purpose as a “bridge identifier” that adds value by linking data, systems and organizations, including the scientific communities.” ISNI and Ringgold are currently collaborating to crosswalk Ringgold organizational identifiers with ISNI identifiers. ORCID plans to work through Ringgold to obtain organizational identifiers for public use in the ORCID registry, including the Ringgold Institutional Identifier, the ISNI number, Institution Name, location data, URL and alternative name. Laura Cox, Chief Marketing Officer of Ringgold said: “We are delighted to be working with such an important industry organisation as ORCID. By including institutional identifiers in the ORCID registry, there is a huge benefit to all concerned in scholarly communications. This important development will enable data mapping between different organizations and also the data systems within those organizations.”

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Ringgold press release : ORCID using Ringgold as Registration Agency for ISNI Institutional Identifiers.