OSCARS webinar: Building a PID Strategy for Research Projects

Liste des Contributions

1. Welcome and introduction

Romain David (ERINHA)

26/11/2026 14:00

OSCARS brings together Europe’s five Science Clusters to support the adoption of FAIR and Open Science practices across research communities. This opening session will briefly introduce the project and explain why a coherent PID strategy helps make research outputs easier to discover and cite, while supporting interoperability and reuse.

It will also outline the webinar’s objectives and...

2. Building a PID strategy: from principles to practice

Romain David (ERINHA), Dr Rorie Edmond (RAID Organisation (to be confirmed))

26/11/2026 14:05

• Introduction to the OSCARS practical guide
• A minimum viable PID strategy: what every project should consider
• Choosing community-recognised PID solutions
• Connecting PIDs and avoiding common implementation pitfalls

3. PIDs, metadata and interoperability in Zenodo

M. Giovanni Guerrieri (CERN)

26/11/2026 14:20

This session will explore how Zenodo uses persistent identifiers and rich metadata to support the discovery, citation and reuse of research outputs. It will highlight how PIDs can connect research outputs with researchers, organisations and projects, contributing to a more interoperable research ecosystem.

The presentation will also discuss metadata practices, interoperability challenges...

7. PIDs in Astronomy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Dr Baptiste Cecconi (Laboratoire d’Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA))

26/11/2026 14:30

With several decades of experience in persistent identification, astrophysics offers valuable lessons for research communities where these practices are more recent. PID systems form an essential backbone for sharing and connecting information across its data-intensive ecosystem. This presentation will examine both the strengths of these established practices and the problems that persist...

4. A community use case: beyond conventional identification [BIO-CODES project]

Dr Sylvia E. Le Dévédec (Leiden University, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research)

26/11/2026 14:40

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This session will introduce BIO-CODES, an OSCARS-funded project exploring the use of content-based identifiers to enhance the AI-readiness of bioimaging data.

Unlike conventional PID systems, content-based identifiers are derived from the data itself, offering complementary approaches to data identification, traceability and integrity. The presentation will discuss how these approaches can...

5. Open discussion and Q&A

Dr Paul Millar (moderator) (DESY)

26/11/2026 14:50

Participants are invited to share their questions, experiences and practical challenges in selecting and implementing PID solutions. The discussion will explore metadata requirements, long-term sustainability and interoperability, drawing on the needs and perspectives of different research projects and communities.

A central aim will be to identify and prioritise the key elements of a PID...

6. Wrap up, session feedback and closing

Romain David (ERINHA)

26/11/2026 15:20

• Was the webinar useful for your project?
• Was the balance between presentations and time for discussions right? If not, in which direction should it be changed, presentation or discussion?
• What should be improved?
• Which topics need further guidance or training?
• Suggested follow-up activities