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Given that the paper would have be changed regardless, including the full email address is a relatively easy solution. ORCID is probably easier than requiring p
by michaelmior 2y ago
Given 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