Ms. Natasha Simons1, Ms. Linda O'Brien1, Mr. Matthias Liffers2, Ms. Siobhann McCafferty1, Dr. Shawn Ross3
1Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Brisbane, Australia, 2Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Perth, Australia, 3Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Sydney, Australia
Biography:
Natasha Simons is Director, National Coordination, for the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and plays a leading role in the persistent identifiers landscape internationally.
Linda O'Brien is a highly experienced senior executive, Board director and consultant who has successfully delivered operational, transformational and strategic initiatives within the academic and community sectors.
Matthias Liffers is Product Manager, Persistent Identifiers services at ARDC including leading the ARDC's DataCite DOI Consortium.
Siobhann McCafferty is a Project Manager at ARDC and coordinates the Australian PIDs for instruments community of practice.
Shawn Ross is the Manager of Information Infrastructure Products at ARDC in addition to being the Product Manager for the Research Activity Identifier (RAiD).
All authors are playing a leading role in the development of the Australian National PID Strategy and Roadmap.
Abstract:
The Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive and collaborative approach to accelerate Australian research and innovation through the universal use of connected PIDs such as ORCID and DOI. Released in February 2024, the Strategy outlines how PIDs are a critical component of world class infrastructure as they provide global methods to uniquely identify and connect entities in the research system such as researchers, funders, organisations, articles, datasets and more. To realise the potential saving and drive strategic benefit, the ARDC has been leading the development of the Strategy and is now focussed on accompanying Roadmap.
The development of the National Collaborative Roadmap involves all stakeholders from the research sector. Institutions and organisations are invited to create a Stakeholder Action Plan to outline what actions they plan to undertake to increase uptake of PIDs for their communities. Roadmap development is being accelerated through Stakeholder Action Groups for funders, institutions and NCRIS facilities that will develop and collaborate on capability maturity models, identify potential collaborative projects and create collective action plans that advance the PIDs Strategy. A Strategic Advisory Group has been formed to guide the process and comprises senior stakeholders from the Australian research sector.
This presentation will focus on the progress made towards the National Collaborative Roadmap including future plans and our ‘vision 2028’ aspirations. It will also provide international context as national PID strategies continue to develop in other countries and coordination is fostered through the Research Data Alliance.