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+1 to Stephen. Organization is a horridly complex concept. Any work being done has to address the past and the future, because time keeps a goin' on. kc On 10/11/17 2:34 PM, Stephen Hearn wrote: > From the "OpenPIIR Product Scope and Principles," Final Version 2017-July > 17-- "The complexity of describing affiliation information for researchers > increases dramatically when going back in time, while at the same time the > potential benefits of linking research outputs and their contributors to > institutions decrease. For these reasons, the openPIIR should focus on > active researchers and their affiliation at present and in the recent (~5 > years) past." > > This is only half true. The complexity arises from the way organizations > constantly alter their internal and external organizational structures and > relationships. That's not something that a short retrospective horizon can > dispense with, unless the intent is to describe only a snapshot of > organizations. If the intent is to build a registry of lasting value, then > policies for coping with the changes organizations undergo and the complex > relationships those changes entail will need to be developed by the > openPIIR initiative. Only the extent of the work is being limited by this > statement, not its complexity. > > Stephen Hearn (member of the OCLC Research Partners Task Group on > Representing Organizations in ISNI > <http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research-collections/isni-organizations.html> > ) > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Based on the intro: >> >>> Organizations/institutions are a key part of the scholarly communications >> ecosystem. However, we lack an openly licensed, independently run >> organizational identifier standard to use for common affiliation and >> citation use cases. >> >> I would assume any organization at all that anyone with a scholarly >> publication has an 'affiliation' with such that they'd list on the >> publication they are an author of. >> >> The obvious use case of course is for organizations interested in tracking >> their 'number of publications from affiliated scholars'. >> >> Jonathan >> >> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>>> On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:54 AM, John Chodacki <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you interested in serving as a the start-up host organziation? Do >>> you have organization data you are willing to contribute? Do you have >> other >>> resources that could be helpful for the project? Do you have advice, >>> suggestions, and feedback on creating a sustainable business model for >> each >>> phase of the Registry’s development? >>>> >>>> We'd like to hear from you! Please help spread the word! >>> >>> What types of organizations are you hoping will be registered in this new >>> system? >>> >>> //Ed >>> >> > > > -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net m: +1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600