ORCID has become the global standard for the unique and permanent identification of individuals in the field of digital scientific communication. However, the great potential of ORCID lies in its linkage with other PIDs, metadata and infrastructures of digitally working scientific and cultural institutions.

www.orcid-de.org is the central information platform on ORCID in Germany and offers further information.

In October 2023, the project organized an online seminar on PIDs for persons.