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List of Identifier Systems
Full Name Short Name Disciplines Scope
Archival Resources Key ARK Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
arXiv ID arXiv Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation
CAS Registry Number CAS Number Biology, Life Science, Other Substance
Commit hashes - Subject Agnostic Software, Computer Simulation
Crossref Funder ID FunderID Subject Agnostic Organization, Funder
DataCite DOI DataCite DOI Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
DFG Instituts ID - Subject Agnostic Organization
Digital Object Identifier DOI Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
Enzyme Commission Number EC Number Life Science, Biology Substance
ePIC PID - Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
European Nucleotide Archive ENA Life Science, Biology Experiment, Dataset, Project, Investigation, Analysis, Equipment, Sample
European Registry of Materials Identifier ERM Other Substance
Global Research Identifier Database identifier GRID Subject Agnostic Organization, Funder
Handle HNDL Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
Identifiers.org Compact Identifiers Identifiers.org Life Science Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
International GeoSample Number IGSN Earth Science, Biology Sample
International Standard Serial Number ISSN Subject Agnostic Publication
IPFS Content IDentifier CID Subject Agnostic Dataset, Software
ISO 27729:2012 Information and documentation — International standard name identifier ISNI Subject Agnostic Person, Organization
IUPAC INternational Chemical Identifier InChI Life Science, Biology, Other Substance
IVOA identifier IVOID Other Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
Legal Entity Identifier LEI Subject Agnostic Person, Organization
Life Science Identifiers LSID Life Science, Biology Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
Object Identifier OID Subject Agnostic Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
Open Researcher and Contributor iD Identifier Schema ORCID iD Subject Agnostic Person, Organization
Persistent Uniform Resource Locator PURL Subject Agnostic Web resource
PSI ID PSI Subject Agnostic Web resource
Reaction InChi RInChi Life Science, Biology, Other Substance
Research Activitiy Identifier RAiD Subject Agnostic Project
Research Organization Registry ID ROR Subject Agnostic Organization, Funder
Research Resouce Identifiers RRID Life Science Substance, Software, Dataset, DataRepository, Computer Simulation, Sample, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis
ResearcherID PublonsID Subject Agnostic Person
Ringgold ID RIN Subject Agnostic Organization
Scopus Author ID - Subject Agnostic Person
SoftWare Heritage persistent IDentifiers SWHID Subject Agnostic Software, Computer Simulation
Transcription Factor Class Schema TFClass Schema Life Science, Biology Other
Uniform Resource Identifier URI Subject Agnostic Web resource
Uniform Resource Locator URL Subject Agnostic Web resource
Uniform Resource Name URN Subject Agnostic Web resource
Unique Ingredient Identifier UNII Other Substance
URI Fragment identifier - Subject Agnostic Web resource
w3id.org w3id Subject Agnostic Web resource
Wikidata Identifier QID Subject Agnostic Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Software, Software License, Equipment
World Register of Marine Species identifier WoRMS-ID Earth Science, Oceanography Other