what’s new in orcid tech 2016 (robert peters)
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ORCID WHAT’S NEW IN TECH 2016Summary
October 2016 Outreach Meeting is Research without Borders | OCT 5, 2016
Robert PetersDirector Technology
orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-94601
OPEN FONT
CURRENT
NEW● Open license ($0/yr)● Supports all Unicode
Scripts● End of outside
developer frustration - priceless!
● Proprietary (~$400/yr)
● Doesn’t support all languages
SOCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL SIGN-IN• Facebook: 7,230 user connections • Google: 6,515 user connections• Institutional: 6,502 user connections• 472 different Institution gateways! (and growing)
• Only 4 Scopes
• Multiple, clean XSDs
• Item based
V2 API: SCALABILITY Simpler API Interactions
V2 API: ADDED CLARITY
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Activities Summary
PERSON V2 UI: MORE DETAILS Ordering
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Privacy
TEAM GROWTH
QA manual testing & Dedicated tier 1 support
QA & Server Automation Engineer
Cat
JEFF
Senior Java Engineer - Starts October 24th!
NEW TOOLING FOR TRANSLATIONS•Internal tracking of out of sync translations •Crowdsourcing translations
BUT...2016 ISN’T OVER YET!•Member + consortia directory
INSTITUTIONAL SIGN-IN CROSS-LINK
ON DEMAND PUBLIC DUMP
•Real time•Ability to sync•Sharding structure (i.e. 10 folders)• Supports 1.2 and 2.0 (Latest RC)• Sync JSON, XML or both
MEMBER-REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID TYPESThere are loads of different identifiers out thereDifferent communities require different identifiersIt’s hard for us to know which our members require
The solution? Let members request new types!
REFACTORING FOR GROWTH
[email protected]@orcid.org http://members.orcid.org https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/orcid-api-users
Thanks from Robert Peters and the tech team!
Robert PetersDirector Technology
orcid.org / 0000-0002-0036-9460