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The only way I see this working is for paper authors to include their public keys in the paper; preferably as metadata and have them produce a signed message us
by supriyo-biswas 2y ago
The only way I see this working is for paper authors to include their public keys in the paper; preferably as metadata and have them produce a signed message using their private key which allows them to claim the paper.
While the grandparent is understandably disappointed with the current implementation, relying on emails was always doomed from the start.
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- michaelmior 2y agoGiven that the paper would have be changed regardless, including the full email address is a relatively easy solution. ORCID is probably easier than requiring public keys and a lot of journals already require them.
- westurner 2y agoW3D Decentralized Identifiers are designed for this use case.
- westurner 2y agoDecentralized identifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier W3C TR did-core: "DID Decentralized Identifiers 1.0": https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ W3C TR did-use-cases: "Use Cases and Requirements for Decentralized Identifiers" https://www.w3.org/TR/did-use-cases/ https://www.w3.org/TR/did-use-cases/ "Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38823817#38831952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38823817#38831952
- michaelmior 2y agoI'm sure that would work, but most researchers already have an ORCID are required to provide it other places anyway.
- westurner 2y agoIn comparison to DIDs, ORCIDs aren't sk/pk pairs that can be used to cryptographically sign. A person can generate (and optionally register) additional DIDs if they please. A person can request additional ORCIDs if they please
- lucioperca 2y agoProbably it would be better to merge the project with Arxiv and tie it to the accounts there.