Developed by the Identifiers for Instruments in Australasia Community of Practice (i4iOZ), these 2 guides outline the best practices for using persistent identifiers (PIDs) to identify research instruments and organisations/facilities.
By the end of reading this resource, you should understand:
Instruments and facilities are essential to research. There is a growing need to accurately describe and identify them digitally using globally unique digital persistent identifiers (PIDs).
Developed by the Identifiers for Instruments in Australasia Community of Practice (i4iOZ), these 2 guides outline the best practices for using PIDs to identify research instruments and organisations/facilities, respectively. They explain why it is important to identify research instruments and organisations/facilities with PIDs, what PIDs to use, and how to obtain and set up them.
These guides were developed in line with the Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy, released in 2024 to steer the improvement of research quality and efficiency in Australia through the use of PIDs. Learn more about the Strategy.
