OSCARS invites you to attend the OSCARS webinar: Building a PID Strategy for Research Projects, to be held online on Thursday, 26 November, from 14:00 to 15:30 CET.
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are a key component of FAIR and Open Science, but an effective PID strategy requires more than assigning identifiers to research outputs. It involves identifying the relevant research entities, selecting appropriate and community-recognised PID systems, connecting them through rich metadata, and maintaining meaningful relationships throughout the research lifecycle.
This interactive webinar will present the main recommendations from the OSCARS practical guide Build your own PID strategy – A practical introduction for research projects* and complement them with community perspectives and concrete implementation examples. Particular attention will be given to the practical benefits of a coherent PID strategy, minimum implementation priorities, common pitfalls, PID metadata and interoperability, research activity identification, and complementary approaches such as content-based identifiers.
The session will bring together contributors from the OSCARS PID Strategy article and invited experts from the wider PID ecosystem. It is open to researchers, data stewards, research infrastructure staff, technical specialists, project coordinators and anyone interested in implementing persistent identification in research.
A substantial discussion period will allow participants to exchange practical challenges, implementation choices and emerging needs, followed by a short feedback session to inform future training and guidance activities.
Who should attend
- Researchers
- Data stewards
- Research infrastructure staff
- Technical specialists
- Project coordinators
- Anyone interested in implementing persistent identification in research
Objectives:
- Introduce the practical recommendations from the OSCARS Build your own PID strategy web article.
- Help projects identify what should be persistently identified and which solutions fit their needs.
- Show why PID implementation also depends on metadata, relationships, governance and community practices.
- Share concrete community and project experiences.
- Collect feedback to improve future OSCARS training and guidance.
* David, R., Millar, P., Carboni, N., Dillo, I., Eklund, N., Ewbank, J., Gouzi, F., Guillem, A., Makula, L., Schmidt-Tremmel, F., Thomas, J., & Lamanna, G. (2026). Build your own PID strategy – A practical introduction for research projects. Open Science Clusters' Action for Research & Society (OSCARS). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22751003