Institutional Identifiers in Practice

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29 May 2015

Today’s Agenda
1. Ringgold & Identify Database overview
2. Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Use Cases
a. Disambiguation: T...

Aren’t you those people
with the numbers?

Ringgold’s Vision
A scholarly supply chain where
information and data about
subscribers, authors, readers,
and content is ...

What do we
need to
identify &
describe?
Authors,
Members,
Editors, Readers,
Researchers
Licensees,
Publishers,
Funders,
In...

Identify Database:
The world of institutions, according to scholarly publishers
Scope:
Institutions currently active in
sc...

Built by Ringgold’s Expert
Researchers
 Manual process, ideal for
complex, high-value entities
such as institutions
 Glo...

Identify Database in 3:
Identifies unique institutions…..

Classifies each
according to our
taxonomies,
applies metadata
Ringgold Type:
Academic/
engineering!
Ringgold
Tier: A4!
15,...

Organizes them into hierarchies (aka “family trees”)

….of institutions

Identify Data Elements
Current
 Ringgold Identifier
 Name: official & alternatives
 Location
 URL/domain
 Size metric...

Identify Database + ISNI
 ISNIs to be added to all Identify records, to enable linking to
other data sets. Due in Q215 – ...

ISNI: International Standard Name Identifier
 ISO Standard 27729
 ISNI is designed to be a
“bridge identifier” to join
o...

Three examples of institutional identifiers in action

Taylor & Francis
Disambiguation & normalizing
in-house data sets
 Challenge: Overworked customer
service, inaccurate sale...

ORCID: Joining people + places
 Joining People + Places

ORCID: Results
Launched December 2013
 121,000+ ORCID records with educational affiliation
 118,000+ ORCID records with ...

Aries + Copyright Clearance Center
Connecting across the supply chain
Challenge: Correct application of APC rules & discou...

Supply chain pulling together….
Publisher
identifies
institutions
eligible for
discount
Holds &
administers
pricing rules
...

Elements of Best Practice at Work
Data integration & linking
Free text entries for affiliations are
minimized in webform...

Correct Author Affiliation: Is it really
that important?
Yes! Researchers & readers can:
• More effectively explore litera...

All stakeholders can benefit from
linking individual and institution IDs
 Funders – Want to track areas of interest, iden...

Practical advice about what to do when approaching identifiers

Recommendations
 Create the most complete metadata
possible – for all entity types & roles
 Adhere to standards and iden...

Considerations
 Which records & entities require IDs?
 Old vs new
 How to apply them?
 In-house resources required to ...

Christine Orr
Sales Director
Tel: 540.359.6620
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-3330
www.ringgold.com
Clean Data. Confident...

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