THOR: Conceptual Model of Persistent Identifier Linking

Document Information Date: 31/03/2016 Authors: Martin Fenner (DataCite), Tom Demeranville (ORCID EU), Rachael Kotarski (BL), Robin Dasler (CERN), Johanna McEntyre (EMBL-EBI), Guilherme de Mello (EMBL-EBI), Todd Vision (DRYAD), Angela Dappert (BL), Adam Farquhar (BL) Reviewer: Markus Stocker (PANGAEA) Abstract: In this report we describe the current state of the art for persistent identifier linking in scholarly e-Infrastructure, with a focus on persistent identifiers for contributors and data. We look at persistent identifier linking between datasets, for example different versions of the same data, as well as linking data with other resources, including articles, contributors, institutions, and funding information.