Identifiers for Instruments Webinar

• Summary
• Who is this for?
• What you will learn
• Cite this resource

Summary

This webinar explains persistent identifiers (PIDs) for scientific instruments and their research benefits. The webinar includes a use case from the National Imaging Facility and perspectives from experts working on instrument identification solutions in Australia.

Who is this for?

• Infrastructure providers (including research facilities)
• Data custodians/managers
• Higher-degree researchers (HDRs) / PhD candidates
• Early-/mid-career researchers (EMCRs)
• Senior researchers

What you will learn

By the end of watching this resource, you should understand:

• the benefits of using persistent identifiers (PIDs) for research instruments
• how the National Imaging Facility has benefitted from using PIDs for instruments
• what Persistent Instrument Identifiers (PIDINST) are.

Cite this resource

Australian Research Data Commons 2024, Identifiers for Instruments Webinar, viewed 07 June 2026, https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

Australian Research Data Commons. (2024). Identifiers for Instruments Webinar. https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

Australian Research Data Commons. "Identifiers for Instruments Webinar." 2024, https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

Australian Research Data Commons. Identifiers for Instruments Webinar [Internet]. [updated 2024; cited 2026 Jun 7]. Available from: https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

Australian Research Data Commons. "Identifiers for Instruments Webinar." 2024. https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

Australian Research Data Commons. "Identifiers for Instruments Webinar." Accessed: Jun. 07, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://ardc.edu.au/resource/identifiers-for-instruments-webinar/.

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Learn all about why persistent identifiers (PIDs) for instruments benefit your research.

This 2019 webinar is a great source of information on how identifiers are being created and assigned for instruments in Australia. It presents a use case by the National Imaging Facility and speaks to other experts in the area. 

Identifiers for instruments

Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are long-lasting references to a digital resource and have many benefits. PIDs for instruments:

• enable unambiguous reference to digital representations of instruments
• generate metrics that quantify the use of instruments and the rationale for future funding
• link data to the instruments that generated them (provenance) to help with published papers and data tracking and citation
• aid equipment logistics and mission planning
• improve the discoverability and visibility of instruments and their data, published on the web.

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i4iOZ is our community of practice for people in Australasia who are interested in or actively working on solutions for instruments in the PID space.

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