On 04/06/2014, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ORDID and ResearcherID and Scopus, oh my!
>
> It is just me, or are there an increasing number of unique identifiers
> popping up in Library Land? A person can now be identified with any one of a
> number of URIs such as:
>
>   * ORCID - http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-7800
>   * ResearcherID - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-2062-2014
>   * Scopus - http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=25944695600
>   * VIAF - http://viaf.org/viaf/26290254
>   * LC - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94036700
>   * ISNI - http://isni.org/isni/0000000035290715

You seem to have multiple so none are unique :)


> couple of instances where these sort of identifiers are being put into MARC
and what happens when one of the servers falls off the net or some
boss decides to modify a service, lots of data to fixup, yet again

Dave Caroline, not convinced of the linked world prophesies yet