Editorial · CASRAI · Research-information systems and integration
ORCID in institutional systems: the Member API, auto-update and Collect & Connect
An ORCID iD is only as useful as the systems that read and write to it. This article explains how universities and funders move beyond simple sign-in to a genuine institutional integration: the ORCID Member API, long-lived auto-update permissions, the Affiliation Manager, the Collect & Connect maturity model, and the consortia, such as the Jisc UK consortium, that make membership affordable. The reward is an authoritative, machine-readable record that flows automatically between repositories, CRIS platforms and funder portals.
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