Identifiers.org Compact Identifiers
- Name: Identifiers.org Compact Identifiers
- Alternative Name: Identifiers.org
- Specification URI: https://docs.identifiers.org/articles/docs/identification_scheme.html
- Scope: Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
- Disciplines: Life Science
- Keywords: n/a
- Description: A Compact Identifier is a unique string consisting of a Prefix (assigned by curator), a colon (‘:’), and an Accession (e.g. local identifier string). The Prefix is composed of an optional Provider Code, and an assigned Namespace, separated by a slash (‘/’).