[eml-dev] Storing an ORCID in EML

[Kyle Braak [GBIF]]

Hi eml-dev list, 

I'm trying to figure out what the best practice is for storing a party's ORCID, which represents a unique researcher identifier. Here is a random ORCID as an example: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1095-6607

The most obvious choice would be to use element "userId"[1] , specifying http://orcid.org as the personnel directory:

<userId directory="http://orcid.org/">0000-0003-1095-6607</userId>

Alternatively, it should also be possible to use attribute "id"[2], specifying http://orcid.org as the data management system:

<contact id="0000-0003-1095-6607" system="http://orcid.org/" scope="system">

I have tried searching KNB for sample documents containing the "userID" element but couldn't find any. 

Your guidance will be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,

Kyle Braak
Developer
Secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark, Europe
www.gbif.org

[1] https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#external//emlparser/docs/eml-2.1.1/./eml-party.html#userId
[2] https://nis.lternet.edu/nis/schemas/eml/lter-project-eml-2.1.0/docs/eml-resource.html#SystemType



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