Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
Crossref as a DOI provider for scholarly publications.
- Is an instance
The German National Library as a urn:nbn: provider.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A commercial URL shortener is not a PID provider.
- Not an instance
A local university repository acting alone (without registering with a PID scheme) is not a PID provider in the canonical sense.
Editorial commentary
PID provider is an umbrella term for entities such as Crossref and DataCite (DOI registration agencies), CNRI (Handle System operator), ORCID Inc., ROR (operated jointly by California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite), and ARK Name-Assigning Authorities. Providers may also be national bodies running local Handle services, ARK NAANs, or URN:NBN resolvers (notably national libraries). A PID provider’s persistence policy — what happens to the identifier if the organisation ceases operations — is a critical part of its trustworthiness.
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Also known as
PID issuer · Identifier authority
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="PID provider"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pid-provider" />{
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"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"name": "PID provider",
"identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pid-provider",
"description": "An organisation that issues persistent identifiers from one or more PID schemes, operates (or contracts) the resolution infrastructure for those identifiers, and makes long-term commitments about the maintenance of the identifiers and their metadata.",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/the-persistent-identifier-ecosystem/",
"url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/pid-provider",
"sameAs": [
"PID issuer",
"Identifier authority"
],
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
