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Here you can find blog posts about relevant news around the development of PIDs as well as event announcements of the project.

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Full support for the recommendations on the use of the Common Authority File

The institutions organised in the Standardisation Committee, as well as the regional and national library networks in German-speaking countries with…

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From need to implementation: Optimization approaches for PID systems based on user stories

The DFG-funded project PID Network Germany presents a new report: “From demand to implementation: Optimization approaches for PID systems based on…

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Icons für PID uses cases published

We have published a set of icons to visually represent Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and their use cases - from datasets and software to researchers…

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Veranstaltungen

Online Seminar PIDs for Software

PIDs for software can make scientific work processes more transparent, networked and efficient (Recap)

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PIDs for Organisations and Projects

Online seminar on September 15, 2025 | 10:30 am CEST

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Workshop on PIDs for physical objects

20.02.2025 | retroperspective and summary

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Workshop on PIDs for academic events

07. May 2025 | Review and summary

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Linking and contextualisation: The Integrated Authority File as a PID system for cultural objects in GLAM institutions

04 December 2024 | 1 pm to 4 pm

Presentation and community feedback on the newly developed e-learning modules of the “Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND)”

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Online seminar on PIDs for instruments

May 07, 2024

Persistent Identifiers for instruments in the research context!

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Workshop on PID for publication services and current research information systems

20 March 2024 Bielefeld University Library & Online

Information and exchange on registries, multiple assignments and aggregators

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Online seminar on PIDs for research data

Thursday, 15 February 2024, from 13:00 to 16:30

In addition to keynote speeches on best practices and concrete application examples in the persistent…

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PIDfest: Call for Proposals

After several years without a major conference, the PID community can now look forward to the first PIDfest. It will take place from 11 to 13 June in…

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Online seminar on PIDs for persons

Thursday, 19 October 2023, from 13:00 to 16:00

Three keynote speeches on various personal identifiers were followed by an interactive part with…

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