1. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
The digital scholar, identity
on the Web and ORCID
Gudmundur A. Thorisson <gt50@le.ac.uk>
Tony Brookes bioinformatics group
Departments of Genetics
University of Leicester
-- Outline --
• Background + how I got here
• Contributor recognition - attribution for non-conventional research outputs
• How might ORCID fit into the online identity landscape?
This work can be freely copied, redistributed and
adapted, as long as proper attribution is given
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2. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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3. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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4. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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5. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
The data sharing problem
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6. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Lack of incentives for sharing
• Effort required to prepare, package and submit datasets to public
repositories
• Time better spent writing papers & grants
• All sticks (funders, journals) - no carrots
• Need incentives - treat data as publications and credit creators
“[...] Many of the issues regarding data availability can be
addressed if the principles of “publication” rather than “sharing”
are applied. However, online data publication systems also need
to develop mechanisms for data citation and indices of data
access comparable to those for citation systems in print
journals”
Costello, M. Motivating Online Publication of Data. BioScience
(2009) vol. 59 (5) pp. 418-427
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7. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
ORCID - tackling the author identity problem
?
ORCID
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010 F67572010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
ORCID ID: G-1442-2009
J. Smith, Univ. North Pole
ORCID ID: D-2400-2010
J. Smith, Luthor Corporation
Global registry of disambiguated IDs for contributors:
i) tools for researchers to manage & use their ORCID identifier
ii) track author-to-publication attribution links
iii) interact with other systems (e.g. publishers, digital libraries)
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8. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Key use case: submitting manuscript to journal
Attribution link deposited into ORCID:
• A-883-2010 <created> 10.4259/psycho-review.gbilder2010.Foobar
Bilder, G. Foobar <A-883-2010> study of bar-foo. Psychoceramics Review. Published online May
23 2010. doi:10.4259/psycho-review.gbilder2010.Foobar
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9. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
• But, there’s lots more ways of contributing to science
• I want be credited for .....
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10. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
... my data publications in Dryad and other public repos
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11. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
.. (in future) my nanopublications [see Paul Groth plz]
$%%&'()*" !" +" #"
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12. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
.. (in future) my nanopublications [see Paul Groth plz]
$%%&'()*" !" +" #"
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13. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
... my Taverna analytical workflows and other digital
research objects published on myExperiment
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14. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
... my Wikipedia contributions
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15. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
... my contributions to open-source software projects
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16. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
• etc. etc. etc.
• In short, ‘I wanna’ aggregate all those contributions and
showcase me as a ‘digital scholar’
Challenge: Identity fragmentation
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17. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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18. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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19. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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20. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
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21. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
How do I link all those different sub-identities together that
matter to me professionally?
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22. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Technologically, this is not rocket science
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23. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Technologically, this is not rocket science
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24. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Single sign-on with social IDs
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25. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
What’s love ORCID gotta do with it?
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http://www.orcid.org
What’s love ORCID gotta do with it?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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27. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
• Some points from ‘Beyond Impact’ discussions
– I’ve got lots of profiles / identifiers - why do I need yet another one?
• side note: majority of scholars are not this ‘online identity-aware’
– Centralization == BAD; dude, can’t this stuff be distributed?
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28. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
Geoffrey Bilder
Director of Strategic Initiatives
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29. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
What makes ORCID different?
• ORCID is the only researcher identifier that is not limited to
discipline, institution or geographic area
• ORCID is backed by a non-profit organization with over 200
participants behind it
• ORCID is backed by many different stakeholders
• Publishers are an important ORCID stakeholder but are just one
part
• ORCID is serious about building an open system
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http://www.orcid.org
Self-asserted vs organization-
asserted identy assertions
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31. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
What’s love ORCID gotta do with it?
An online identity for the digital scholar,
centred on contributor ID?
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32. G. A. Thorisson, University of Leicester / ORCID
http://www.orcid.org
What’s love ORCID gotta do with it?
An online identity for the digital scholar,
centred on contributor ID?
ORCID ID: B-1242-2010
G. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Univ. Leicester
G. A. Thorisson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
http://mummi.myopenid.com
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Acknowledgements
GEN2PHEN Consortium
This work has received funding from
http://www.gen2phen.org/about-gen2phen/partners the European Community's Seventh
Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013)
under grant agreement number
200754 - the GEN2PHEN project.
Anthony J. Brookes Bioinformatics Group
Contact me!
Gudmundur ‘Mummi’ Thorisson
<gt50@le.ac.uk> |<gthorisson@gmail.com>
http://friendfeed.com/mummi
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mummi
http://www.twitter.com/gthorisson
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http://www.orcid.org
Scope (initial beta system)
ORCID will build a central registry of unique identifiers for researchers and
scholars with the following scope:
• ORCID will focus on currently active researchers
• Data will come from individuals and organizations
• ORCID will be a hybrid system of self- and organization-asserted
identity
• Data collected will be those needed for disambiguation - extra data for
optionally creating full CV-like profiles might be added in the future
• The system will provide basic matching and disambiguation of names
• The ORCID system will, from the start, enable 3rd parties to build value
added services using ORCID infrastructure
• ORCID services will be developed based on the needs of the ORCID
community
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