U.S. National PID Strategy

Building on the work of the Research Data Alliance’s National PID Strategies Interest Group, the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) PID Strategy Working Group drafted a report that outlines the desirable characteristics of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in a U.S. research context. Developing a US PID National Strategy seeks to build consensus around the value and use of PIDs and therefore speed their adoption. The report describes the benefits of PIDs, their associated metadata, and the systems that connect them in advancing open scholarship goals in the United States. It provides information on the research and policy landscape associated with PIDs, discusses the value of PID infrastructure, and offers recommendations for effective utilization of PIDs in connecting and tracking research outputs. 

The NISO U.S. National PID Strategy Working Group will further expand on the work defined by the ORFG PID Strategy Working Group to create a national framework for PIDs across the U.S. research landscape. This group began work in November 2024.