'Big data' research runs the risk of being undermined by the poor design of the digital identifiers that tag data. A group of worldwide researchers has assembled a set of pragmatic guidelines to ...

Digital Science has made a series of recommendations for Australia’s research future in a report published into the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in research. Digital Science, a technology ...

Increasingly, ORCID, DOIs and other identifier systems that are open and community-governed are embedded in scholarly works and information systems, such as papers and citation indices. They could ...

Email is becoming one of the best persistent identifiers because Gmail is so "sticky," says Phil Davis, Chief Business Officer, TowerData, at last week's Email Insider Summit on Amelia Island. For the ...