Implement PIDs at your organisation
Accessing PID services
In Australia, PID services are provided by the Australian Research Data Commons and the Australian Access Federation, in collaboration with international PID providers.
Guidance and considerations
Considerations for specific persistent identifiers can be found in the outputs of the 2023 PID Strategy Working Groups
A summary of the working group outputs is available as a downloadable PDF.
Priority PIDs and PID principles
The following set of ‘priority PIDs’ and ‘PID principles’ outlines best practices that the Australian research sector can take to work towards the goals of the National PID Strategy.
Where possible, use the following priority PIDs:
ORCID for identifying researchers and contributors to research
ROR for identifying research organisations and organisations that are part of the research ecosystem such as funders or research infrastructure providers
DOI for identifying research grants, data, publications, instruments and other types of research outputs in scope for the DOI service provider
RAiD for identifying research projects and activities
IGSN for identifying research physical samples
Where possible, adhere to the following PID principles:
Create rich metadata when minting PIDs
Integrate PIDs into research and research management workflows
Use PIDs early in research workflows and apply to any appropriate entity
Use internationally recognised leading practice for PID minting and management
Where possible, manage PIDs well at the institutional level by:
Establishing an institutional PID policy and/or ensuring relevant policies reference PIDs
Creating a ‘Stakeholder Action Plan’ outlining the goals and implementation plan for the adoption and use of PIDs and contributing the Plan to the National PID Roadmap
Choose systems that offer PID creation, integrations, ongoing management